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Campaign Groups and Pairs 239


Four: Petty Officer C. C. Pycroft, Royal Navy, who was serving in H.M.S. King Alfred when she was torpedoed by the German submarine U-86 on 11 April 1918


1914-15 Star (J.535, C. C. Pycroft, L.S., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (J.535 C. C. Pycroft. P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (J.535 C. C. Pycroft. P.O. H.M.S. Dolphin.) light contact marks, nearly very fine and better (4)


£120-£160


Cecil Charles Pycroft was born at Portsea, Hampshire, on 27 April 1892 and commenced his naval service as a Boy Second Class in H. M.S. Impregnable on 10 February 1908. He was advanced Petty Officer in H.M.S. King Alfred in March 1918, and he was paid a war gratuity in H.M.S. Columbine. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in June 1925, and died in service at the Royal Naval Hospital Haslar on 29 August 1925, aged 33. He is buried in Gosport Borough Cemetery, Hampshire.


Pycroft is listed in the National Roll of the Great War thus: ‘He was already in the Royal Navy at the outbreak of hostilities and served in H.M.S. Princess Royal, Mohawk, and King Alfred. He was sent to the North Sea, and took part in the Battle of Heligoland Bight, and then proceeded to the South Atlantic, and was engaged in the Battle of the Falkland Islands, afterwards returning to the North Sea he served in the Battle of the Dogger Bank, and was present at Scarborough, when the town was bombarded. From September 1916 till April 1917 he was with the Dover Patrol, and was present at the engagement between H.M.S. Swift and Broke and an enemy destroyer Flotilla. Later he was in H.M.S. King Alfred, when that vessel was torpedoed in April 1918, but fortunately was saved. In 1920 he was serving in H.M.S. Vivacious, and holds the 1914-15 Star, and the General Service [i.e. British War] and Victory Medals.’


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Four: Petty Officer J. Ridgeway, Royal Navy, who died on active service on 22 June 1942


1914-15 Star (217020, J. S. Ridgeway, P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (217020 J. S. Ridgeway, P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (217020 J. S. Ridgeway, P.O. H.M.S. Prince George) edge bruise to last, light polishing and contact marks, nearly very fine (4)


£100-£140


John Stanley Ridgeway was born at Harrow, Middlesex, on 17 July 1886 and commenced his naval service as a Boy Second Class in H.M.S. Impregnable on 19 September 1901. He was awarded a war gratuity for service in H.M.S. Prince George and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in July 1919. He was shore pensioned in July 1926, but was recalled for War service in H.M.S. Ganges in August 1939. He died in active service on 22 June 1942, aged 55, when serving in H.M.S. Lynx, and is buried under a C.W. G.C. headstone in Heston (St. Leonard) Churchyard, Middlesex.


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Six: Petty Officer L. G. Roberts, Royal Navy


1914-15 Star (J.17673 L. G. Roberts. A.B. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (J.17673 L. G. Roberts. L.S. R.N.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (J.17673 L. G. Roberts. P.O. H.M.S. Nelson.) mounted for display, edge cut to last, generally very fine (6)


£80-£120


Llewellyn George Roberts was born in Portsea, Hampshire in January 1896. He joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in May 1912, and advanced to Petty Officer in April 1920. Roberts served with H.M.S. Hindustan (battleship), July 1913 - April 1916, and at H.M.S. Cormorant, March 1917 - May 1918.


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Four: Petty Officer G. Thomas, Royal Navy


1914-15 Star (J.28924, G. Thomas, Ord., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (J.28924 G. Thomas A.B. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (J.28924. G. Thomas P.O. H.M.S. Champion) edge bruising and heavy contact marks, good fine (4)


£100-£140


Gordon Thomas was born at Ventnor, Isle of Wight, on 2 February 1898 and commenced his naval service as a Boy Second Class in H. M.S. Impregnable in December 1913. His medals for service in the Great War were sent to H.M.S. Comus, and his war gratuity was paid to H.M.S. Hermione. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in March 1931, and was invalided out of the service in November 1937.


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Three: Stoker Petty Officer A. Bailey, Royal Navy, who was killed in action whilst serving in H.M.S. Flirt on 26 October 1916


1914-15 Star (307228. A. Bailey. S.P.O. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (307228. A. Bailey. S.P.O. R.N.); Memorial Plaque (Alfred Bailey) good very fine (4)


£120-£160


Alfred Bailey was born in Warsash, Hampshire, on 8 May 1886 and enlisted in the Royal Navy on 22 August 1904. Advanced Stoker Petty Officer on 1 December 1913, he served during the Great War in H.M.S. Flirt, and was killed in action when Flirt was sunk during a German naval raid on the Dover Barrage, on 26 October 1916. He is commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.


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Four: Stoker Petty Officer A. G. Carter, Royal Navy


1914-15 Star (K.13245, A. G. Carter, L.Sto., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (K.13245 A. G. Carter. L.Sto. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (K.13245 A. G. Carter. S.P.O. H.M.S. Columbine), edge bruise to L.S. & G.C., light contact marks, otherwise very fine (4)


£100-£140


Albert George Carter was born at Portsmouth, Hampshire, on 1 August 1889 and commenced his naval service as a Stoker Second Class in H.M.S. Victory II, on 23 November 1911. His medals for service in the Great War were sent to H.M.S. Bruce, and he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in November 1922. He was shore pensioned from H.M.S. Dolphin in July 1929, and enrolled in the Royal Fleet Reserve. He was recalled briefly in 1938 and again briefly in August 1939.


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