Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Able Seaman Alfred Jordan, Royal Navy, killed in action, H.M.S. Aboukir, 22 September 1914

1914-15 Star (182437 A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (182437 A.B., R.N.) nearly extremely fine (3)
£300-350

Able Seaman Alfred Jordan was killed in action whilst serving on the armoured cruiser H.M.S. Aboukir, 22 September 1914. His name is commemorated on the Chatham Memorial.

The Aboukir, together with her sister ships the Hogue and Cressy, part of the 7th Cruiser Squadron, were engaged in blockade and patrol duties in the southern part of the North Sea. At 6.30 on 22 September 1914 the Aboukir was torpedoed by the U-9. Believing that the ship had struck a mine, the Hogue and Cressy stopped to rescue the survivors, oblivious of the danger lurking beneath the waves. Shortly afterwards torpedoes from the U-9 sent the Hogue and then the Cressy to the bottom. The loss of life in this disaster was heavy, with some 1,400 men being lost from the three ships.