Single Campaign Medals 435
The Victory Medal awarded to Able Seaman J. D. Harness, Royal Navy, who was killed in action when the destroyer Vittoria was sunk by the Bolshevik submarine Pantera in the Baltic on 31 August 1919
Victory Medal 1914-19 (J.31257 J. D. Harness. A.B. R.N.) in its damaged named card box of issue for British War and Victory Medals, extremely fine
£50-£70
John David Harness was born at Alford, Lincolnshire, and joined the Royal Navy on 1 May 1914. He served aboard H.M.S. Lord Nelson from January 1915 to September 1917, including the Dardanelles. He was transferred to the destroyer Vittoria in February 1918 and was killed in action in the Baltic on 31 August 1919.
The Vittoria, Lieutenant-Commander Vernon Hammersley-Heenan, formed part of the force deployed to the Baltic to assist anti- Bolshevik forces. Patrolling in company with the flotilla leader Abdiel, it was thought safe, in the absence of hostile naval activity, for the pair to anchor about two-and-a-half miles off Seskar Island lighthouse, in the approaches to St Petersburg. At 6.20 p.m. a periscope was sighted on the starboard bow and simultaneously the tracks of two torpedoes were seen. One passed about thirty yards ahead of the Vittoria, but the second struck her on the starboard side in the vicinity of the after bulkhead of the engine room. The force of the explosion carried away the bulkhead causing the engine room to rapidly flood. The ship took a heavy list to port and in five minutes she rolled over, breaking in two as she did, the bow and stern sections rising vertically before they sank. Eight ratings died in the loss. Her attacker had been the Bolshevik submarine Pantera. Able Seaman Harness is commemorated by name on the Chatham Naval Memorial. Sold with copied record of service and other research.
436
The Victory Medal awarded to Signalman W. J. Tanner, Royal Navy, who was lost in H.M. Submarine K5 on 20 January 1921
Victory Medal 1914-19 (J.21454 W. J. Tanner. Sig. R.N.) extremely fine £50-£70
William James Tanner was lost aboard H.M. Submarine K5 when engaged in an exercise in the Bay of Biscay on 20 January 1921. K5 had signalled that she was diving but she did not surface at the end of the exercise. An oil slick was discovered and after planks from the battery covers and a sailor’s “ditty box” were recovered, it was presumed that she had somehow gone past her maximum depth and been crushed with the loss of all 57 hands. Sold with copied record of service and other research.
437
Victory Medal 1914-19 (6) (K-1305 Pte. F. Goodwin R. Fus.; SD-1331 Pte. P. Fuller. R. Suss. R.; 20978 Pte. C. Johnson. Hamps. R.; 18774 Pte. F. Judge. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 8879 Pte. G. Dunkley. R. Berks. R.; 634419 Pte. G. Eden 20-Lond. R.) generally nearly very fine and better (6)
£80-£120
Frederick Goodwin attested for the Royal Fusiliers and served with the 22nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He was killed in action on 29 April 1917; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France.
Peter Fuller, a native of Bognor, Sussex, attested for the Royal Sussex Regiment and served with the 12th (2nd South Downs) Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He died on 30 June 1916, and is buried in Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery Souche, France.
Charles Johnson, a native of Chichester, Sussex, attested for the Hampshire Regiment and served with the 15th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He was killed in action on 7 October 1916; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.
George Dunkley, a native of Portsmouth, attested for the Royal Berkshire Regiment and served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He was killed in action on 22 September 1914; he has no known grave and is commemorated on La Ferte- sous-Jouarre Memorial, France.
438
Victory Medal 1914-19 (5) (50411 Pte. E. T. Atkinson. L’pool R.; 25499 A.Cpl. F. Carnell. L’pool R.; 24201 Pte. T. Ellis. Lan. Fus.; 8503 Pte. H. G. Waugh. E. Lan. R.; 15191 Pte. W. Ainscough. L.N. Lan. R.) staining and edge bruising to last two, generally nearly very fine and better (5)
£60-£80
Edmund Thomas Atkinson, a native of Oldham, Lancashire, attested for the Liverpool Regiment and served with the 4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He died on 11 April 1918, and is buried in Chocques Military Cemetery, France.
Thomas Ellis was born in Clipstone, Nottinghamshire, and attested for the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment at Nottingham. Transferring to the Lancashire Fusiliers, he served with the 10th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 29 July 1915, and was killed in action on 12 October 1918, whilst attached to the 52nd Light Trench Mortar Battery. He is buried in Neuvilly Communal Cemetery Extension, France.
Henry George Waugh, a native of York, attested for the East Lancashire Regiment and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great Wart on the Western Front. He was killed in action on 15 February 1915; he has no known grave and is commemorated on Le Touret Memorial, France.
William Ainscough attested for the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment and served with the 7th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He was killed in action during the Battle of the Somme on 4 July 1916, on which date the Battalion was in action at La Boisselle. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.
439
Victory Medal 1914-19 (13705 Pte. G. Heaman. Som. L.I.); India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1937-39 (13250 Sep. Inder Singh, 2-12 F.F.R.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence Medal; War Medal 1939-45 (3), generally good very fine and better (8)
£60-£80 440
The Victory Medal awarded to Lance-Corporal T. H. Murphy, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, who was awarded the Military Medal, and was killed in action during the Battle of the Somme, 15 July 1916
Victory Medal 1914-19 (22086 Pte. T. H. Murphy. L.N. Lan. R.) naming details lightly struck, worn in parts, better than good fine
£60-£80 M.M. London Gazette 19 February 1917.
Thomas Henry Murphy was born in Salford, Lancashire, and attested there for the Manchester Regiment. Transferring to the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, he served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 3 August 1915, and was killed in action during the Battle of the Somme on 15 July 1916, on which date the Battalion was involved in an attack on Bazentin-le- Petit Wood. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.
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