Auction Catalogue

25 & 26 June 2008

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 1019

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26 June 2008

Hammer Price:
£200

Four: Chief Stoker S. J. Daly, Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (309697 S.P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (309697 Act. Ch. Sto., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (309697 Ch. Sto., H.M.S. Columbine) fine and better

Four
: Able Seaman S. Reynolds, Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (J.20783 A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (J.20733 A.B., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (20783 A.B., H.M.S. Dolphin) mounted as worn, worn and better (8) £90-120

Stephen John Daly was born in Devonport on 12 October 1887. A Butcher by occupation, he enlisted in to the Royal Navy as a Stoker 2nd Class on 26 February 1906. He was promoted to Stoker 1st Class in January 1907 when on Argyll; Acting Leading Stoker in February 1910 and Leading Stoker in June 1910 when at Vivid II; and Stoker Petty Officer in November 1911 when on Blake. He served on the dreadnought Agincourt, August 1914-July 1916, being present on the ship during the battle of Jutland. He was advanced to Acting Chief Stoker when on Isis in March 1918 and was confirmed in that rank in March 1919 when on the battlecruiser New Zealand. He was pensioned ashore in 1928. Sold with copied service paper.

Sidney Reynolds was born in Southwold, Suffolk on 8 May 1895. A Farm Labourer by occupation, he entered the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in October 1912, being advanced to Boy 1st Class in January 1913. He was promoted to Ordinary Seaman when on Lancaster in May 1913 and Able Seaman in October 1914 when at Pembroke I. During the war he served on the battleship Lord Nelson, January 1915- September 1917. Postwar he served in the Submarine Service, being based at Dolphin and Cyclops, and in 1924 briefly served on the K.6 and the ‘submarine monitor’ M.3. Sold with copied service paper