Campaign Groups and Pairs 334 Four: Chief Petty Officer Telegraphist A. Pryke, Royal Navy, who was Mentioned in Despatches in January 1942
1914-15 Star (J.35896 A. Pryke
L.Tel. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (J.35896 A. Pryke.
L.Tel. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, coinage head (J.35896 A. Pryke. P.O. Tel. H.M.S. Cumberland), the Great War awards slightly later issues, contact marks, nearly very fine (4)
£120-£160 M.I.D. London Gazette 1 January 1942.
Arthur Pryke was born on 24 March 1899, at Bow, London, and commenced naval service as a Boy Second Class in H.M.S. Impregnable on 16 March 1915, being re-rated Boy Telegraphist on 3 July 1915. He was advanced to Telegraphist, H.M.S. Revenge on 1 April 1917, and Leading Telegraphist, on 24 March 1918. He was appointed Petty Officer Telegraphist, H.M.S. Cumberland, on 8 July 1930, and was awarded the L.S. & G.C. medal in 1932, before being loaned to the Royal New Zealand Navy for three years in 1933.
He was shore pensioned from H.M.S. Caledon on 23 March 1939, but was called up for active service in February 1940, and served in H.M.S. President II (Whitehall W.T.), H.M.S. Afrikander, and H.M.S. Titania. For his services during the Second World War he was Mentioned in Despatches. He was finally released from service in November 1945.
335 Four: Chief Shipwright W. T. Briggs, Royal Navy
1914-15 Star (342277, W. T. Briggs, Ch. Shpt. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (342277 W. T. Briggs Ch. Shpt. 2. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (342277 Shipt. 1 Cl. H.M.S. Zealandia:) very fine and better (4)
£100-£140
William Thomas Briggs was born on 20 May 1878, at Southsea, Hampshire. He commenced naval service on 9 August 1892, as Carpenters Crewman, H.M.S. Victory II. He was advanced to Shipwright, H.M.S. Crescent, on 15 April 1902, and Leading Shipwright, H.M.S. Duke of Wellington, on 12 December 1902. He was awarded the L.S. & G.C. medal in 1913, and was appointed Chief Shipwright, H.M.S. Zealandia on 1 January 1915.
During the Great War he served in H.M.S. Zealandia, H.M.S. Victory II and H.M.S. Achilles. He was demobilised to shore in June 1921. 336 Four: Chief Stoker J. Hughes, Royal Navy
1914-15 Star (308505, J. Hughes, S.P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (308505 J. Hughes. S.P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (308505 James Hughes, S.P.O. H.M.S. Cornflower) mounted as worn, dark toned, a few small edge bruises, otherwise nearly very fine (4)
£100-£140
James Hughes was born on 10 April 1886, at Islington, London, and commenced naval service on 5 June 1905, as a Stoker Second Class in H.M.S. Acheron. He was advanced to Leading Stoker, H.M.S. Tenedos, on 30 November 1909, and Stoker Petty Officer, H.M. S. Lancaster, on 20 December 1911. During the Great War he was appointed to H.M.S. Actaeon, for service in Torpedo Boats, including T.B. 115, and latterly with the convoy escort, H.M.S. Christopher. He was appointed Chief Stoker, H.M.S. Cornflower, on 1 September 1920, and was awarded the L.S. & G.C. medal in 1920. He was shore pensioned in June 1927.
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Four: Chief Stoker F. Riddington, Royal Navy, whose name was brought to the notice of the Admiralty for valuable services
1914-15 Star (279744, F. Riddington, Ch. Sto., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (279744 F. Riddington. Ch. Sto. R. N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C.,
E.VII.R. (279744 Frederick Riddington. Actg. Ch. Sto. H.M.S. Venus.) contact marks, nearly very fine (4)
£120-£160
Frederick Riddington was born on 19 June 1875, at Crowland, Lincolnshire, and commenced naval service as a Stoker Second Class in H.M.S. Victory II, on 14 June 1895. He was advanced to Leading Stoker Second Class, H.M.S. Duke of Wellington on 10 April 1903; Stoker Petty Officer, H.M.S. Imogene on 1 July 1906; and Chief Stoker, H.M.S. Venus on 21 October 1910. He was awarded the L.S. & G.C. medal in 1910. For much of the Great War he served in H.M.S. Hyacinth, which, in early 1915, was deployed to German East Africa to blockade the German light cruiser SMS Königsberg. He joined the New Coast Guard Force in September 1919.
Riddington’s name was brought to the notice of the Admiralty for valuable services in the Prosecution of the war, such notice being published in the London Gazette of 16 September 1919; however, the Admiralty deemed that this was not a Mention in Despatches and he was refused permission to wear the emblem.
338 Four: Chief Stoker F. J. Willis, Royal Navy
1914-15 Star (281032, F. J. Willis, Ch. Sto., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (281032 F. J. Willis. Ch. Sto. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C.,
E.VII.R. (281032 F. J. Willis Stoker P.O., H.M.S. Defence:) very fine (4)
£120-£160
Frederick John Willis was born on 28 June 1876, at Ivybridge, Devon, and commenced naval service as a Stoker Second Class in H.M. S. Vivid II, on 30 December 1895. He was advanced to Leading Stoker, H.M.S. Montague, on 24 November 1904, and Stoker Petty Officer on 1 July 1906. He was awarded the L.S. & G.C. medal in February 1911, and was appointed Chief Stoker, H.M.S. Majestic, on 1 February 1912. He later served as Chief Stoker in H.M.S. Warrior up to 21 February 1916, seeing further service in H.M.S. Vivid II, H. M.S. Roxburgh, and H.M.S. Defiance until demobilised on 22 December 1919.
339 Four: Chief Stoker W. T. Wills, Royal Navy
1914-15 Star (K.481, W. T. Wills,
L.Sto., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (K.481 W. T. Wills S.P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (K.481 W. T. Wills. S.P.O. H.M.S. Caradoc.); together with a Church Lads Brigade Cross, bronze, with suspension bar and clasp dated 1909, unnamed as issued, contact marks and light edge bruising, nearly very fine (5)
£100-£140
William Thomas Wills was born on 1 November 1899, at Strete, Devon, and commenced naval service on 16 March 1908, as a Stoker Second Class in H.M.S. Vivid II. He was appointed Acting Leading Stoker, H.M.S. Vivid II, on 27 December 1913, and Leading Stoker, H.M.S. St. George, 20 December 1914. Appointed Stoker Petty Officer, H.M.S. Victory II, on 1 March 1917, he appears to have spent much of his naval service in patrol boats or torpedo boats, and was paid a war gratuity to H.M.S. Apollo. He was awarded the L.S. & G. C. medal in April 1923. Promoted Chief Stoker in August 1929, he was shore pensioned from H.M.S. Vivid on 15 March 1930. He was recalled for service in H.M.S. Drake II, on 25 August 1939, and served on Boom Defence vessels during the Second World War, in H. M.S. Cochrane and H.M.S. Proserpine. He was released from service in November 1944.
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