Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Petty Officer Henry Purcell Jaques, Royal Navy, who was killed in action when H.M.S. Formidable was sunk by U.24 off Portland Bill, 1 January 1915

1914-15 Star (203908 P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (203908 P.O., R.N.); Memorial Plaque (Henry Purcell Jaques) extremely fine (6) £160-200

Petty Officer Henry Purcell Jaques, R.N. was killed in action, when the old battleship H.M.S. Formidable was torpedoed and sunk by the U.24, off Portland Bill, 1 January 1915. Of the 780 persons on board, 35 officers and 512 men were lost. Aged 31 years at the time of his death; his name is commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial. He was the son of George and Mary Jaques, of 39 Sandside, Scarborough.

With named commemorative scroll - this in glazed frame. Medals and plaque mounted on a board, with two cloth badges.