Orders, Decorations and Medals

Four: Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class A. J. Bennett, Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (269685 C.E.R.A.2, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (269685 Ch. E.R.A.2, R.N.) service number on B.W.M. is ‘69685’; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (269685 C.E.R.A. 2 Cl., H.M.S. Pyramus) mounted as worn, good very fine (4) £80-100

H.M.S. Pyramus was a 3rd Class cruiser built by Palmers and launched in 1897. In 1914 she escorted the New Zealand division involved in the capture of Samoa. In 1915 she formed part of the force blockading the Königsberg in the Rufiji River. After her destruction, she served in the Persian Gulf and then in the East Indies.