Auction Catalogue

21 May 2020

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Lot

№ 253

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21 May 2020

Hammer Price:
£110

Four: Stoker 1st Class A. E. Bessant, Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Reserve, who served in H.M.S. Queen Mary during the First Battle of Heligoland Blight, 28 August 1914

1914-15 Star (K.16840 A. E. Bessant, Sto. 1. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (K.16840 A. E. Bessant, Sto. 1. R.N.); Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (K.16840 A. E. Bessant Sto. 1. R.F.R.) mounted as worn, heavy contact marks to BWM, this fine, the rest better (4) £100-£140

Albert Edward Bessant, a butcher (slaughterman) from Southampton, Hampshire, was born on 3 April 1894. Enlisting in the Royal Navy on 11 November 1912, his Great War service included service in H.M.S. Queen Mary at the first Battle of Heligoland Bight on 28 August 1914. He was given a free discharge on 19 March 1920, before joining the Royal Fleet Reserve on 12 April 1921, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 24 May 1928.