Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Ordnance Artificer J. Wallworth, Royal Navy, who served at the Battle of Jutland in H.M.S. Birkenhead

1914-15 Star (M.11754 J. Wallworth Ar. Cr. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (M.11754 J. Wallworth Ar. Cr. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (M.11754 J. Wallworth O.A.2 H.M.S. Caradoc) contact marks, nearly very fine (4) £80-£120

Joseph Wallworth, a fitter and engineer from Sheffield, was born on 30 August 1897. Enlisting in the Royal Navy on 3 February 1915, his Great War service included service in H.M.S. Birkenhead at the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916. His service record also notes ‘service in land operations’. Advanced Ordnance Artificer, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 31 March 1930, and was shore pensioned on 31 March 1937.