Long Service Medals 686
Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension, impressed naming (Wm. Hy. Simmonds, Blksh, H.M.S. Neptune) minor edge bruising, good very fine
£100-£140
William Henry Simmons was born in Devonport, Devon on 6 March 1850. He enlisted into the Royal Navy in March 1868 and was first posted to H.M.S. Prince Consort as a member of the blacksmith’s crew. He served with numerous ships including H.M.S. Black Prince, Vanguard, Magpie, Hercules and Arab. In July 1882 he was posted to the wooden screw corvette H.M.S. Thalia and was part of her crew during operations off the coast of Egypt. For this service, Simmonds was awarded the Egypt Medal and Khedive’s Star. He remained with Thalia until December 1882 and following this went onto serve with H.M.S. Indus, Victor Emmanuel, Albatross and Hotspur, finally joining H.M.S. Neptune in May 1887. It was whilst serving with this ship that he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal. He was discharged with a pension in April 1888.
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Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension, impressed naming (A. J. Young, Ch. Sto., H.M.S. Orion.) suspension replaced, edge bruising and contact marks, good fine
£80-£120
Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension, impressed naming (James Coghlan Qr. Mr. H.M.S. Topaze) minor edge bruise, good very fine
£100-£140
James Coghlan was born in Annalong, County Down on 10 January 1849. He enlisted into the Royal Navy in March 1866 as a Boy 1st Class and first served with H.M.S. Royal George. He transferred to H.M.S. Trafalgar in January 1868 and then went on to serve in several other ships including H.M.S. Pallas, Audacious, Vanguard, Iron Duke and Valiant. In December 1876 Coghlan was posted to H. M.S. Topaze and it was whilst serving with this ship that he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal. His later service included H.M.S. Belleisle, Royal Adelaide and Lord Warden.
689
Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension, impressed naming (Alex. Turner, P.O. 1st. Cl., H.M.S. Trafalgar.) contact marks, nearly very fine
£100-£140
Alexander Turner was born in Southampton on 26 January 1865. He enlisted into the Royal Navy in January 1881 with the rank of Boy 2nd Class and was first posted to H.M.S. St. Vincent, transferring to H.M.S. Alexandra in June 1882. During the Anglo-Egyptian War, Turner was borne in Alexandra when she took part in the Bombardment of Alexandria on the 11 July 1882, when a group of 15 British ships shelled the forts of the city, which were being held by Egyptian soldiers under Ahmed ‘Urabi. It was during this action that Israel Harding, a fellow rating from H.M.S. Alexandra, was awarded the Victoria Cross for gallantly picking up a live Egyptian shell from the deck and putting it out before it exploded, thereby saving the lives of many of the ship’s crew. For his service, Turner received an Egypt Medal with the clasp ‘Alexandria 11 July’ and a Khedive’s Star. He remained with Alexandra until September 1885, after which he was transferred to H.M.S. Excellent. Following this posting, Turner went onto serve with various other ships and shore establishments including H.M.S. Calliope, Vernon, Rodney, Pembroke and Achilles. In May 1893 he joined the crew of the battleship H.M.S. Trafalgar and whilst serving with this ship was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal.
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Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension, impressed naming (L. W. Langmead, P.O. 1 Cl., H.M.S. Victorious.) contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine
£100-£140
Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension, impressed naming (Wm. Fry, Gen. Mess Std., H.M.S. Vivid.) nearly extremely fine
£100-£140
Royal Navy L.S. & G.C.,
E.VII.R. (2) (Robert Felton, P.O.1 Cl., H.M.S. Aeolus.; 268109 George Jones, C.E.R.A. 2 Cl., H. M.S. Cambrian.) very fine or better (2)
£80-£120
Robert Felton was born in Queenstown, County Cork on Christmas Day 1871. He enlisted into the Royal Navy on April 1887 as a Boy Second Class and first served with H.M.S. Impregnable. He was transferred to H.M.S. Lion in May 1887 and remained with her until December 1888. His further service included postings to H.M.S. Icarus, Swiftsure, Acorn, Duke of Wellington, Thunderer, Briton and Royal Sovereign. He joined H.M.S. Aeolus in March 1905 and it was whilst serving with this ship that he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, having attained the rate of Petty Officer First Class. Felton was invalided out of the Royal Navy in June 1907 whilst serving with H.M.S. Goliath.
George Jones was born in Birkenhead, Cheshire, on 2 December 1872. He enlisted into the Royal Navy in February 1896 and first served with H.M.S. Vivid II as an Acting Engine Room Artificer. He transferred to H.M.S. Marathon in April 1896, remaining with her until June 1897. Following this, Jones saw further service with several other ships including H.M.S. Phoebe, Ringarooma, Britannia, Espiegle and Europa. In September 1907, Jones was posted to H.M.S. Cambrian and it was whilst serving with this ship that he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, having attained the rank of Chief Engine Room Artificer. His later postings included H.M.S. Terrible, Highflyer, Hannibal and Kent. On the outbreak of the Great War he was serving with H.M.S. Defiance, transferring to the battlecruiser H.M.S. Tiger in October 1914. He was on the ship’s crew during its involvement in both the Battle of Dogger Bank in January 1915 and the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916. In March 1917, Jones transferred to H.M.S. Vivid II and on 22 October 1917 he died in the Royal Naval Hospital, Plymouth. He is buried in Birkenhead (Flaybrick Hill) Cemetery, Cheshire.
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Royal Navy L.S. & G.C.,
E.VII.R. (2) (268624 W. H. Matthews, E.R.A. 1 Cl, H.M.S. Defence.; 268486 Walter Stark, C.E. R.A. 2 Cl, H.M.S. Excellent) minor edge bruising, nearly very fine or better (2)
£80-£120
William Henry Matthews was born in Penzance, Cornwall on 5 March 1872. He enlisted into the Royal Navy in November 1895 and first served with H.M.S. Vivid, transferring to H.M.S. Defiance in January 1896. He then went onto serve with numerous other ships and shore establishments including H.M.S. Philomel, Katoomba, Blake, Cambrian, Edgar and Europa. Matthews was posted to H.M.S. Defence in February 1909 and it was whilst serving with this ship that he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, having reached the rate of Engine Room Artificer First Class. On the outbreak of the Great War, he was on the crew of H.M.S. Blake, later serving with H.M.S. Dreel Castle from June 1918. Matthews was demobilised in April 1919.
Walter Stark was born on 6 November 1873 in Hull, Yorkshire. He enlisted into the Royal Navy in June 1895 and first served with H. M.S. Victory. He transferred to H.M.S. Camperdown in October 1897, later moving to H.M.S. Duke of Wellington, then Bellona. Following service with H.M.S. Royal Arthur, Wallaroo, Crescent and King Alfred, Stark was then transferred to H.M.S. Excellent in September 1910. It was whilst serving with this shore establishment that he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, having reached the rate of Chief Engine Room Artificer Second Class. During the Great War, Stark served with H.M.S. Woolwich and Magpie. He was demobilised in June 1919.
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