Orders, Decorations & Medals - British Groups

Lot 2339    SESSION 14 (2.30PM THURSDAY 28TH NOVEMBER)    Orders, Decorations & Medals - British Groups

Estimate $400
Bid at live.noble.com.au

GROUP OF FOUR: 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-18; Victory Medal 1914-19; Royal Naval Long Service & Good Conduct Medal, (GVR in admiral's uniform). J.3234, T.B.Emerson, A.B. , R.N. on first medal, J.3234 T.B.Emerson. A.B. R.N. on second and third medals, J.3234 T.B.Emerson. A.B. H.M.S. Queen Elizabeth. on last medal. Swing mounted with original ribbons which are damaged except for last, the third medal with edge nicks and second and last medal with contact marks, otherwise very good to fine.

Thomas Benjamin Emerson, errand boy, born 04Jan1893 at Bow, UK; Enl.29Sep1908 in Royal Navy as Boy II and to training ship HMS Ganges at Shortley; to Boy I 13May1909; to Armoured Cruiser HMS Berwick 21Sep1909; to Harbour Ship HMS Pembroke I 22Dec1909; to Battleship HMS Jupiter 26Feb1910; to Battleship HMS Prince of Wales 01Apr1910; to HMS Pembroke I 05Dec1910; to Ord Seaman 04Jan1911 and to Torpedo Gunboat HMS Halycon; to HMS Pembroke 15Jul1913; to Shore Depot HMS Actaeon 23Aug1913;to Cruiser HMS Weymouth 07Jan1914; ops in Indian Ocean from Aug1914 hunting the German Raiders Emden and later the Konigsberg which she effectively trapped before the vessel was sunk; to Gosport Depot HMS Dolphin 13Apr1916; to Depot Ship HMS Maidstone 03Jul1916; to Dreadnought HMS Lucia a submarine depot ship on the River Tees 30Aug1916; to HMS Dolphin 25Nov1919; to Battleship HMS Royal Sovereign 02May1922; to Devonport Depot HMS Vivid I 20Dec1922;to Dreadnought HMS Ajax 19Sep1923; to HMS Vivid I 23Apr1924; to HMS Revenge 17Jun1924; to Dreadnought HMS Queen Elizabeth 24Sep1924; to HMS Valiant 18May1926; to Torpedo School Depot HMS Defiance 26May1927; to HMS Vivid I 03Dec1927; to Cruiser HMS Concord 12Nov1928 as Able Seaman; to Royal Fleet Reserve 01Jan1929 with Hong Kong Depot HMS Tamar; to Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes 01Feb1929 and later ships Defiance, Egmont and Vivid II and I; to shore pension 03Jan1933; to Anti-Submarine Depot HMS Osprey 31Jul1939; to Portland Depot HMS Attack 01Jan1941; to Moniter HMS Drake I 12Sep1941; character very good and efficiency satisfactory in several years; last details noted 31Dec1941; Died in 1956 at Surrey.
With research by Mostly Unsung and a b&w photo of the dreadnought Queen Elizabeth with written text on the back, 'Taken while crossing to Algeiries (sic should be Algiers) from Gibraltar on the 18th May 1915 by Mr W. Rathje'.