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№ 271

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29 June 2022

Hammer Price:
£110

Pair: Petty Officer E. W. Fallick, Royal Navy, who was a recipient of the Royal Humane Society Bronze Medal for saving life in 1905
British War and Victory Medals (147676 E. W. Fallick. P.O. 1 R.N.) good very fine

Pair: Petty Officer P. Miller, Royal Navy, who served in H.M.S. Thunderer at the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916
British War and Victory Medals (219596 P. Miller. P.O. R.N.) good very fine

Pair: Engine Room Artificer Third Class D. S. Pool, Royal Navy
British War and Victory Medals M.24848 D. S. Pool. E.R.A. 3 R.N.) very fine

Pair: Ordinary Seaman E. C. Peacock, Royal Navy
British War and Victory Medals (J.47094 E. C. Peacock. Ord. R.N.) nearly extremely fine (8) £120-£160

Edward William Fallick joined the Royal Navy and was serving as a Petty Officer Second Class in H.M.S. Hecla when he was awarded the Bronze Medal of the Royal Humane Society: ‘At 10.30 p.m. on 24 October 1905, a shipwright belonging to H.M.S. Hecla, in an attempt at suicide, threw himself overboard at Kagoshima. Fallick, at great risk, went after him and kept him afloat till they were picked up by a boat.’

Advanced to Petty Officer First Class on 4 March 1906, Fallick was shore pensioned in April 1913, and joined the Royal Fleet Reserve. Recalled for War service, he served during the Great War in H.M.S. President, H.M.S. Vivid I (Lucida), H.M.S. Colleen, H.M.S. Attentive III (Eglinton), H.M.S. Ganges, H.M.S. Dido and H.M.S. Victorious II, and was shore demobilised in September 1919.

Percy Miller was born at Thames Ditton, Surrey, on 19 January 1886 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class in H.M.S. Boscawen on 3 February 1902. He was advanced to Ordinary Seaman, H.M.S. Defiance, on 19 January 1904, and to Able Seaman, H.M.S. Andromeda, on 25 July 1905. During the Great War he served in H.M.S. Thunderer, and was advanced to Leading Seaman on 12 March 1915, and to Petty Officer on 17 October 1917, serving in Thunderer at the Battle of Jutland. He was shore demobilised on 3 March 1919.

Dudley Stead Pool was born at Shenstone, Staffordshire, on 19 March 1894 and joined the Royal Navy, for hostilities only, as an Acting Engine Room Artificer Fourth Class in H.M.S. Victory II on 16 January 1917. He was advanced to Engine Room Artificer Third Class in H.M.S. Caledon on 1 September 1918, and was shore demobilised on 4 July 1919.

Edward Coverdale Peacock was born at Kirby Moorside, Yorkshire, on 29 July 1888 and joined the Royal Navy, for hostilities only, as an Ordinary Seaman in H.M.S. Victory I on 24 November 1915. He subsequently served in H.M.S. Attentive II and H.M.S. Amazon, and was shore demobilised on 24 February 1919.