Campaign Groups and Pairs 312 Four: Commander W. J. Bright-Barton, Royal Navy
1914-15 Star (Lieut. W. J. B. Barton. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Lt. Commr. W. J. B. Barton. R.N.); Egypt, Kingdom, Order of the Nile, 4th Class breast badge by Lattes, silver, silver-gilt and enamels, mounted as worn, good very fine (4)
£240-£280 Order of the Nile, 4th Class, London Gazette 15 June 1920.
Walter Jeremy Bright-Barton was born in Preston, Lancashire, on 20 June 1888. He was appointed Midshipman on 30 January 1905; Sub Lieutenant, 30 March 1908; Lieutenant, 30 March 1910, and, in March 1912, joined his first surveying unit Daisy, tender to Hearty, as an Assistant Surveyor 4th Class (H4). On 1 January 1914, he advanced to H3, and in the same month gained a Board of Trade certificate as Master. On 6 March 1914, he transferred to Mutine (a surveying sloop), but in August 1914 was appointed to Suffolk (addl. for surveying at Bermuda) and in September 1914 to London in the Grand Fleet and later in the Mediterranean but not, seemingly, in a surveying role.
In May 1916 he went to Hearty until October 1916, having advanced to H2 on 1 August, and then spent 11 months in Powerful before joining Grafton, a cruiser, on 17 September 1917 ‘for staff of Rear-Admiral’ for surveying duties until June 1919, where he succeeded Haselfoot as the producer of local surveys, charts and Notices to Mariners. This ship was the flagship of Rear-Admiral, Egypt, with staff ashore in Ismalia from May 1918. He was promoted to Lieutenant-Commander on 30 March 1918. In January 1919, Rear-Admiral Jackson wrote that he had ‘done very useful work in Egypt and maintained ex[cellent] relations with the Egyptian civil servants.’
From June 1919 to 1929, he was a Naval Assistant in the Hydrographic Department as the Jacketting Officer, and was placed on the Retired List at his own request with rank of Commander on 4 August 1931. On 1 January 1940 he was appointed inside Admiralty with Hydrographer but in what role is not recorded. Released on 31 December 1945, he reverted to the Retired List and died on 5 May 1946.
Sold with copied record of service.
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Three: Engineer-Commander C. A. Codrington, Royal Navy
1914-15 Star (Eng. Lt. Cr. C. A. Codrington. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Eng. Commr. C. A. Codrington. R.N.) good very fine (3)
£180-£220
Claude Alexander Codrington was born on 16 February 1877 and educated at Mannmaed School, Plymouth; the Central Technical College, S.W. London, and Earle’s Marine Engineering Works, Hull. He served in H.M.S. Royal Arthur, the flagship during the Duke of Cornwall and York’s visit to Australia 1901; and in H.M.S. Renown during the tour of the Prince and Princess of Wales visit to India, 1905-06. At the start of the Great War he was ranked as an Engineer Lieutenant Commander and was serving on the cruiser H.M.S. Diamond, attached to the 3rd Battle Squadron. His Who was Who entry records that he ‘assisted rescue of about half the survivors, about 50, of H.M.S. Formidable’. In September 1917 he was promoted to Engineer Commander and from October 1917 he served on the light cruiser H.M.S. Champion. Placed on the Retired List, 8 January 1920, he subsequently served as High Sheriff of Wiltshire in 1948, and died on 14 February 1955.
Sold together with the recipient’s original commission document appointing him Assistant Engineer, 1 July 1900; an original photograph of Codrington in later life wearing his medals; and copied service papers and other research.
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Five: Lieutenant-Commander E. M. Gibbings, Royal Navy
1914-15 Star (Lieut. E. M. Gibbings. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Lt. Commr. E. M. Gibbings. R.N.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted as worn, very fine (5)
£100-£140
Edward Maurice Gibbings was born in Cork on 8 July 1887, and joined Britannia on 15 September 1902, aged 15 years 3 months; Midshipman, 29 February 1904; Acting Sub Lieutenant, 30 April 1907; Lieutenant, 31 December 1909; Lieutenant-Commander, 31 December 1917. Much of his early career was spent on the China station in Cressy, Hogue, and Britomart. In August 1910 he joined the surveying ship Hearty working in the North Sea and this seems to have encouraged him to specialise as a Hydrographic Surveyor, being made an Assistant Surveyor 4th Class on 6 August 1911, advancing to 3rd Class on 1 October 1912, to 2nd Class on 1 January 1915, and to 1st Class on 18 May 1919. He served in Fantôme from September 1911 to May 1913, returning to Hearty until the outbreak of war when he seems to have been appointed as Navigating Officer in the destroyer Recruit, leaving her in January 1915, transferring to the depot ship Woolwich still in a navigating role. He returned to surveying in Hearty once more in September 1915, transferring to command Esther survey vessel in May 1916 and remaining in her until 24 March 1917. During this period in command he worked in the Thames Estuary and Medway, mainly on war operations involving minelaying. In March 1917, he was sent to Endeavour working in the Mediterranean but he left her in November 1919 under a cloud, having been charged with drunkenness. Although he was acquitted (not proved) this was the start of his rapid fall from grace through his relationship with alcohol and he was placed on the Retired List on 11 September 1923, at the age of only 36. In July 1939 he seems to have been given a second chance with an appointment to Osprey for anti-submarine training and was then appointed to Dunluce Castle in November 1939. However, in mid-February 1940 the Captain reported that Gibbings had been drunk on board, and on 18 February 1940, he left her and reverted thereafter to the Retired List. Later during the war he is shown as a Lieutenant in the Home Guard, serving in the Aldershot District of South-Eastern Command in the 12th Surrey (3rd Southern Railway) Battalion. Sold with copied record of service and other research.
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Four: Senior Commissioned Engineer E. Dore, Royal Navy
1914-15 Star (Art. Eng. E. Dore, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Art. Eng. E. Dore. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (270012 Edgar Dore, C.E.R.A. 2Cl. H.M.S. Attentive) mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine (4)
£120-£160
Edgar Dore was born on 18 September 1877, at Cowes, Isle of Wight. He commenced naval service on 27 November 1899, as an Acting Engine Room Artificer Fourth Class in H.M.S. Duke of Wellington. He was advanced to Acting C.E.R.A. 2, on 1 October 1911, and was confirmed in that rate on 30 September 1912, serving in H.M.S. Excellent. He was promoted to Acting Artificer Engineer on 1 January 1915. During the Great War he served in H.M.S. Canada, H.M.S. Galatea and Torpedo Boat 19. He was awarded the L.S. & G. C. Medal in February 1915. His rate was altered to Warrant Engineer in January 1920, and he was advanced to Commissioned Engineer on 2 February 1925, with seniority from 1 January 1925. He was placed on the retired list 18 September 1927, and died in July 1951.
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