Campaign Groups and Pairs 162
Four: Chief Petty Officer C. H. Lewis, Royal Navy, who survived the sinking of the battleship H.M.S. Audacious, 27 October 1914
1914-15 Star (214253, C. H. Lewis. P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (214253 C. H. Lewis. P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (214253 C. H. Lewis. P.O. H.M.S. Queen Elizabeth.) mounted for display, very fine (4)
£100-£140
Charles Henry Lewis was born in Newhaven, Sussex in November 1888. He joined the Royal Navy as Boy 2nd Class in April 1901, and advanced to Petty Officer in May 1914. Lewis served with H.M.S. Audacious (battleship), October 1913 - 27 October 1914. On the latter date she was sunk by a German mine off the northern coast of County Donegal, Ireland - an incident which was considered a national disgrace, and attempted to be kept secret for the remainder of the war.Lewis advanced to Chief Petty Officer, and subsequently served with the battleship H.M.S. Queen Elizabeth (awarded L.S. & G.C. in December 1917). He was invalided to Haslar in May 1923.
163 Four: Chief Petty Officer W. S. Prout, Royal Navy, who was killed during an air raid on Devonport on 21 April 1941
1914-15 Star (M.2280, W. S. Prout,
L.Ck. Mte., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (M.2280 W. S. Prout
L.Ck. Mte. R. N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (M.2280 W. S. Prout
L.Ck. H.M.S. Woolwich) contact marks and minor edge bruising, nearly very fine (4)
£120-£160
William Samson Prout was born at Penryn, Cornwall, on 16 May 1892, and commenced his naval service on 3 August 1910. He was paid a war gratuity for services in H.M.S, Colleen (Flying Fox), and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 10 September 1925. He was shore pensioned as Chief Petty Officer Cook on 2 August 1932. He was mobilised from the reserve in September 1938, and was killed by enemy action during an air raid when serving in H.M.S. Drake at Devonport on 21 April 1941, aged 50, and is buried in Plymouth (Weston Mill) Cemetery.
x164 Five: Chief Petty Officer G. Roach, Royal Navy
1914-15 Star (J.6058 G. Roach. L.S., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (J.6058 G. Roach. P.O., R.N.); Royal Navy L. S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (J.6058 G. Roach. C.P.O., H.M.S. Vivid); Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful) (George Roach, A.B., 23rd Sept. 1915) some edge bruising, fine and better (5) £280-£320
George Roach was born in Devonport on 28 April 1894. A Shipyard Rigger by occupation, he enlisted into the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in April 1909 and was advanced to Boy 1st Class in August 1910. On the battleship Collingwood, he was promoted to Ordinary Seaman in April 1911 and to Able Seaman in July 1913. With the onset of war he was serving on the cruiser Doris. He was serving on that vessel in the Eastern Mediterranean when he effected a rescue resulting in the award of the R.H.S. Medal in Bronze: ‘On the 23rd September 1915, a man accidentally fell overboard from a boat in a rough sea at Mudros. Roach at once jumped in from his ship and succeeded in saving him’ (R.H.S. Case No. 42988).Shortly afterwards, in October 1915 he was advanced to Leading Seaman and thence to Petty Officer in November 1916. Promoted to Chief Petty Officer in December 1924, he was awarded the L.S. & G.C. Medal in 1927.
With copied record of service. 165
Four: Chief Petty Officer W. E. Wells, Royal Navy, who survived the disastrous sinking of the Hogue, Aboukir and Cressy by the German submarine U-9, 22 September 1914
1914-15 Star (186203, W. E. Wells, P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (186203 W. E. Wells. Act. C.P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (186203 W. E. Wells, Act. C.P.O. H.M.S. Dominion.) mounted for display, last with official corrections, generally very fine or better (4)
£100-£140
William Edward Wells was born in Maidstone, Kent in December 1878. He joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in October 1895, and advanced to Acting Chief Petty Officer in April 1917. Wells served with H.M.S. Hogue (cruiser), 30 July - 22 September 1914. On the latter date the Hogue, along with her sister ships Aboukir and Cressy, part of the 7th Cruiser Squadron engaged in blockade and patrol duties, were all torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea by the German submarine U-9. The Aboukir was the first to be hit, at 06:20; her captain thought that she had struck a mine and ordered the other two ships to close in order to transfer his wounded men. The Aboukir quickly began listing and capsized, sinking at 06:50. Having approached, stopped, and lowered her boats, Hogue was struck by two torpedoes at 06:55 as she was attempting to rescue the survivors. She capsized and sank within twenty minutes. Cressy meanwhile attempted to ram the submarine, but did not hit anything and resumed her rescue efforts until she too was torpedoed at 07:20. She too took on a heavy list and then capsized before sinking at 07:55. Wells survived the sinking, however, total losses from the three ships were 62 officers and 1,397 men killed. He subsequently served with H.M.S. Dominion (battleship), December 1917 - April 1918 (awarded L.S. & G.C. in January 1918). Wells was Shore Demobilised in March 1919.
166 Four: Sick Berth Petty Officer A. G. Hunt, Royal Navy
1914-15 Star (M.2474, A. G. Hunt, S.B.A., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (M. 2474 A. G. Hunt. S.B.A. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (M. 2474 A. G. Hunt. S.B.P.O. H.M.S. President.) mounted for display, contact marks, nearly very fine (4)
£100-£140
Albert George Hunt was born in Plumstead, Kent in January 1891. He joined the Royal Navy as a Probationary Sick Berth Attendant in October 1910, and advanced to Sick Berth Petty Officer in February 1921. Hunt served with H.M.S. Weymouth (cruiser), December 1913 - November 1915, during which time she served in operations off the East African Coast against the Königsberg - eventually trapping the latter in the Rufiiji River. Hunt subsequently served at the Malta Hospital, November 1915 - November 1917, and at Chatham Hospital, December 1917 - November 1919.
167 Four: Stoker Petty Officer A. Bennett, Royal Navy
1914-15 Star (K.7157, A. Bennett Sto. 1., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (K.7157 A. Bennett. L. Sto. R.N.) ‘L. Stn.’ on BWM; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (...7157 A. Bennett S.P.O. H.M.S. Excellent.) mounted for display, contact marks, nearly very fine (4)
£100-£140
Alfred Bennett was born in Clapham, London in April 1892. He joined the Royal Navy as Stoker 2nd Class in June 1910, and advanced to Leading Stoker in June 1917. Bennett served with H.M.S. Attentive (cruiser), August 1914 - December 1918, during which time she was primarily employed as part of the Dover Patrol. The Attentive was also employed to screen the raiding force during the Zeebrugge Raid, 25 April 1918. Bennett advanced to Stoker Petty Officer in February 1925.
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