Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria. To coincide with the OMRS Convention

A ‘Jutland’ D.S.M. group of six to Petty Officer B. W. R. Gardiner, Royal Navy

Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (211325 P.O., H.M.S. Malaya, 31 May - 1 June 1916); 1914-15 Star (211325 P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (211325 P.O., R.N.); Defence; Royal Navy L.S.& G.C., G.V.R 1st issue (211325 P.O., H.M.S. Topaze) some contact marks, good fine and better (6) £1000-1200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals Formed by The Late A. A. Mount.

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D.S.M. London Gazette 15 September 1916.

Bertie Walter Richard Gardiner was born on 16 May 1885 at Hawkwell, Essex. A draper’s assistant, he entered the Royal Navy in 1904. Present at the battle of Jutland, he served aboard the fast battleship H.M.S. Malaya, who with her sister ships formed part of the 5th Battle Squadron, attached to the battlecruiser squadrons commanded by Vice-Admiral Beatty. The ships of the squadron were heavily engaged, in particular during the ‘run to the north’ when the Malaya and Warspite were under heavy fire from Scheer’s battleships. During the course of the battle, Malaya received seven hits from large projectiles and suffered 67 killed and 33 wounded. In the Second World War, Gardiner was 2nd Lieutenant and 2nd in command of the Hockley Platoon, Rayleigh Company 1 / Essex Home Guard. Sold with copied service paper and some photographs.