A Collection of Medals for the Battle of Jutland, Part 2 87 Eight: Lieutenant-Commander (Engineer) G. A. Gridgeman, H.M.S. Tiger, Royal Navy
1914-15 Star (M.853, G. A. Gridgeman. E.R.A.3., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Art. Eng. G. A. Gridgeman. R. N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued, good very fine and better (8)
£200-£240 Provenance: Ron Tuppen Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, March 2013.
The battlecruiser H.M.S. Tiger was launched on 15 December 1913 and was part of the 1st Battlecruiser Squadron at the Battle of Jutland, where she fired a total of 303 shells from her main guns during the battle, and was credited with one hit on the Moltke and two on the von der Tann.
George Atkinson Gridgeman was born in Hull, Yorkshire, on 24 September 1886 and joined the Royal Navy as an Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class on 24 May 1909. Advanced Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class on 3 February 1913, he served during the Great War in H.M.S. Tiger from 3 October 1914 to the end of the War, and was promoted Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class on 3 February 1916, and Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class on 1 May 1917. He was appointed Artificer Engineer on 1 May 1918 and was advanced to Commissioned Engineer in May 1928 and Lieutenant (Engineer) in March 1933. He retired in 1937 but returned to the service in 1940, becoming a Lieutenant Commander (Engineer) in 1942.
Sold together with the original documents appointing the recipient Artificer Engineer and Commissioned Engineer. 88
Three: Able Seaman R. A. Strickland, H.M.S. Tipperary, Royal Navy, who was killed in action at the Battle of Jutland, 1 June 1916
1914-15 Star (SS.5547, R. A. Strickland, Ord., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (SS>5547 R. A. Strickland. A.B. R. N.) good very fine (3)
£200-£240
The destroyer H.M.S. Tipperary was launched on 5 March 1915 and was the flotilla leader of the 4th Destroyer Flotilla at the Battle of Jutland, where she was sunk with the loss of 150 of her crew.
Robert Arthur Strickland was born in Preston, Lancashire, on 27 November 1895 and joined the Royal Navy as an Ordinary Seaman on 11 March 1915. He served during the Great War in H.M.S. Tipperary from 2 June 1915, and was promoted Able Seaman on 17 May 1916. He was killed in action at the Battle of Jutland, when the Tipperary sank with the loss of 150 out of her crew of 197, and is commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.
89 Five: Petty Officer E. H. Spiller, H.M.S. Valiant, Royal Navy
1914-15 Star (188091, E. H. Spiller, P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (188091. E. H. Spiller. P.O. R.N.); Defence Medal; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (188091 E. H. Spiller, P.O. H.M.S. Snipe.) good very fine (5) £120-£160
The battleship H.M.S. Valiant was launched on 4 November 1914 and was part of the 5th Battle Squadron at the Battle of Jutland, where she fired a total of 288 fifteen-inch shells during the Battle.
Edwin Henry Spiller was born in Musbury, Devon, on 2 June 1880 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on 30 April 1896. Advanced Petty Officer on 1 November 1912, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 28 July 1913, and served during the Great War in H.M.S. Valiant from 13 January 1916 to the end of the War. Shore pensioned on 24 June 1920, he subsequently joined the Royal Fleet Reserve on 26 June 1921.
90 Four: Commissioned Electrician E. L. Hawkins, H.M.S. Vanguard, Royal Navy
1914-15 Star (347649, E. L. Hawkins, C.E.A.2., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (347649 E. L. Hawkins. C.E.A.2 R. N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (347649 E. L. Hawkins. C.E.A.1. H.M.S. Benbow.) edge bruising, polished, nearly very fine (4)
£160-£200
The dreadnought battleship H.M.S. Vanguard was launched on 22 February 1909 and was part of the 4th Battle Squadron at the Battle of Jutland, where she fired a total of 80 twelve-inch shells and 10 four-inch shells during the battle.
Ernest Loney Hawkins was born in Portsea, Hampshire, on 20 July 1886 and joined the Royal Navy as an Acting Electrical Artificer 4th Class on 5 March 1907. Advanced Chief Electrical Artificer 2nd Class on 1 April 1914, he served during the Great War in H.M.S. Vanguard from the outbreak of War, and is still recorded as being borne on her books when she exploded at Scapa Flow on 9 July 1917 with the loss of virtually all hands (although he was clearly not aboard at the time). Promoted Chief Electrical Artificer 1st Class on 30 March 1920, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 15 March 1922, and was appointed Warrant Electrician on 2 June 1927.
Commissioned Electrician on 29 June 1936, Hawkins transferred to the Retired List on 20 July 1936. 91 Three: Lieutenant-Commander J. Smith, H.M.S. Warrior, Royal Navy
1914-15 Star (J.1967. J. Smith. L.S., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Gnr. J. Smith. R.N.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45, both contemporarily engraved ‘Lt. Cdr. J. Smith R.N.’, good very fine (5)
£140-£180
The armoured cruiser H.M.S. Warrior was launched on 22 February 1909 and was part of the 1st Cruiser Squadron at the Battle of Jutland, where she was heavily damaged by German shells, and having been taken in tow, foundered on 1 June 1916
James Smith was born in Anstruther Wester, Fife, on 24 March 1892 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on 28 June 1908. Advanced Leading Seaman on 1 May 1914, he served during the Great War in H.M.S. Warrior from the outbreak of War. At Jutland the armoured cruisers H.M.S. Defence and Warrior, part of the 1st Cruiser Squadron, were closing with the disabled German light cruiser Wiesbaden, when they came under concentrated fire from the battlecruiser Derfflinger and four battleships at less than 8,000 yards. Defence blew up and Warrior was heavily damaged and was only saved from from further punishment when the German ships switched their fire to the more tempting target in the form of the battleship Warspite whose steering had become jammed. Badly damaged, Warrior was able to make her way out of the battle zone and was eventually taken in tow by the seaplane carrier Engadine who took off her surviving crew of 743. However, the ship could not be saved and she was abandoned the next day and subsequently foundered, with the loss of 70 lives.
Smith was advanced Petty Officer on 1 July 1916, and was commissioned Gunner on 3 September 1917. He was promoted Chief Gunner on 12 December 1927, and Lieutenant on 3 March 1939. He served at home during the Great War, and transferred to the Retired List with the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 3 March 1947.
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