Campaign Groups and Pairs 270 Four: Able Seaman M. Donovan, Royal Navy
1914-15 Star (203115, M. Donovan, A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (203115 M. Donovan. A.B. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue; (203115 Michael Donovan. A.B. H.M.S. Cleopatra.) light contact marks to last, otherwise very fine (4)
£100-£140
Michael Donovan was born at Dungarvan, Waterford, Ireland, on 21 February 1883 and commenced his naval service as Boy Second Class in H.M.S. Black Prince. His medals for service in the Great War were sent to H.M.S. Vernon and he was paid a war gratuity for service in H.M.S. Cleopatra. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in January 1920 and was shore pensioned in April 1923.
271 Four: Able Seaman W. C. Kennard, Royal Navy
1914-15 Star (207084, W. C. Kennard, A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (207084 W. C. Kennard. A.B. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (207084 W. C. Kennard, A.B. H.M.S. Fox.) contact marks and edge bruising, nearly very fine (4)
£100-£140
William Cephas Kennard was born at Lancing, Sussex, on 27 April 1883, and commenced his naval service as a Boy Second Class in H.M.S. St. Vincent on 29 November 1899. He was advanced Able Seaman in H.M.S. Hannibal, in March 1903, and was discharged, time expired, on 26 April 1913, joining the Royal Fleet Reserve the following day. Recalled to the service following the outbreak of the Great War, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in December 1917, and was shore demobilised in June 1921.
Sold together with a photographic image of the recipient, and copied service papers.
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Three: Able Seaman F. J. Nicholson, Royal Navy, who served in H.M.S. Centurion at the Battle of Jutland
1914-15 Star (J.16134, F. Nicholson, A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (J.16134 F. J. Nicholson. A.B. R.N.) very fine (3)
£60-£80
Francis James Nicholson was born in Doncaster on 17 April 1895 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class in H.M.S. Ganges on 21 February 1912. Advanced Able Seaman on 31 July 1914, he served during the Great War initially in H.M.S. Lion from the outbreak of War to 16 April 1915, and then in H.M.S. Centurion from 23 June 1915 to 26 September 1917, and was present in her at the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916. Transferring to H.M.S. Vivid, he was invalided from the service on 5 November 1919.
273 Four: Able Seaman C. H. C. Pittman, Royal Navy
1914-15 Star (J.4037, C. H. C. Pittman, A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (J.4037 C. H. C. Pittman. A.B. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (J.4037 C. H. C. Pittman. A.B. H.M.S. Barham) light surface marks otherwise very fine (4)
£100-£140
Charles Henry Corbet Pittman was born at Yeovil, Somerset, on 3 December 1892 and commenced his naval service as Boy Second Class in H.M.S. Impregnable on 6 April 1909. His medals for service in the Great War were sent to H.M.S. Malaya and he was paid a war gratuity when serving in H.M.S. Theseus. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in January 1926, and was shore pensioned in December 1932.
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Three: Officer’s Steward Third Class R. L. T. Woolford, Royal Navy, who was killed when H.M.S. Laforey hit a mine off France, 23 March 1917 1914-15 Star (L.9555, R. L. T. Woolford, Ord. Smn., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (L.9555 R. L. T. Woolford. O.S. 3 R.N.) mounted for display, contact marks overall, therefore nearly very fine
1914-15 Star (306461. G. Upstall. S.P.O. R.N.) very fine (4) £80-£100
Richard Leonard Thomas Woolford was born in Balham, London in January 1897. He served as an Officer’s Steward 3rd Class with the destroyer H.M.S. Laforey from January 1917, and was killed when she hit a mine off France whilst returning from a successful convoy escort, 23 March 1917. The ship split in two, and only 18 of the crew survived. Woolford is commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial.
George Upstall was born in Port Isaac, Cornwall in July 1884. He joined the Royal Navy as a Stoker 2nd Class in December 1904, and advanced to Stoker Petty Officer in May 1912. Upstall served during the Great War with H.M.S. Maori (destroyer), and was with her when she struck a mine in the North Sea and sank off Zeebrugge, 7 May 1915. He was listed as ‘Missing’, and later confirmed to have been taken prisoner of war, firstly interned in Germany and then transferred for internment to Holland.
Upstall was released in November 1918, and Shore Pensioned in June 1922. 275
Four: Cooper’s Crew M. P. Jordan, Royal Navy, who was landed from H.M.S. Sutlej for relief work at Messina in 1908, and died when H.M.S. Amphion struck a mine on 6 August 1914, the first ship of the Royal Navy to be sunk in the First World War
1914-15 Star (346493. M. P. Jordan. Cpr. Cr. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals ((346439 M. P. Jordan. Cpr. Cr. R. N.) note mistake in Offical Number; Italy, Kingdom, Messina Earthquake Medal 1908, silver, edge bruise to the last, otherwise good very fine (4)
£300-£400
Maurice Paul Jordan was born at Haulbowline, Cork, on 29 June 1889, and joined the Royal Navy as a Cooper at Haulbowline Yard on 30 November 1903. Advanced to Cooper’s Crew on 29 June 1907, he served aboard H.M.S. Sutlej from May 1908 to March 1909 and was landed from the ship to assist in the relief work on the occasion of the earthquake at Messina in December 1908. He joined H. M.S. Amphion on 2 April 1913, and died when the ship struck a mine on 6 August 1914 off the Thames Estuary and sank with the loss of 132 crewmen killed. She was the first ship of the Royal Navy to be sunk in the First World War.
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