Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (342265 F. J. Morely, Electn. 3 Cl., H.M.S. Princess Royal) rate officially corrected, light contact marks and edge bruising, otherwise very fine £60-80

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals for Services at Sea from the Collection of the Late Oliver Stirling Lee.

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Frederick John Morley was born in Birmingham, Warwickshire in July 1874 and entered the Royal Navy as an Armourer’s Mate in August 1898. Appointed to the ship’s company of the battle cruiser H.M.S. Princess Royal in November 1912, he remained aboard the same ship until May 1919, thereby being present at the actions of Heligoland Bight in 1914, when the Princess Royal received at least one hit, Dogger Bank in 1915 and Jutland in 1916, when she was hit on several occasions and sustained total casualties of around 100 men. Morley, who was awarded his L.S. & G.C. Medal in August 1913, was demobilised in September 1920.