Three: Warrant Shipwright P. G. Avery, H.M.S. Bellerophon, Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (Wt. Shpt. P. G. Avery. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Wt. Shpt. P. G. Avery. R.N.) good very fine (3) £140-£180

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals for the Battle of Jutland.

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The dreadnought battleship H.M.S. Bellerophon was launched on 27 July 1907 and was part of the 4th Battle Squadron at the Battle of Jutland, where she fired a total of 62 twelve-inch shells and 14 four-inch shells during the battle.

Preston George Avery was born in Cawsand, Cornwall, on 25 July 1876 and joined the Royal Navy as a Shipwright on 8 October 1897. Commissioned Warrant Shipwright on 4 May 1911, he served during the Great War in H.M.S. Bellerophon from the outbreak of War to 24 May 1918, and was placed on the Retired List on 6 June 1922. During the course of his service he received a Royal Humane Society Testimonial on Vellum on 3 June 1919. He died on 31 December 1927.