Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Nine: Stoker Petty Officer J. Agland, Royal Navy, a veteran of the Battles of Heligoland Bight, Dogger Bank and Jutland

1914-15 Star (K.18171. J. Agland. Sto. 1., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (K.18171. J. Agland. L. Sto. R.N.); Naval General Service 1915-62, 2 clasps, Palestine 1936-1939, Palestine 1945-48 (K.87031. J. Agland. S.P.O. R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (K.18171. J. Agland. A/S.P.O. H.M.S. Renown.) contact marks, nearly very fine and better (9) £260-£300

John Agland was born in Ramsgate, Kent, on 4 February 1893 and enlisted in the Royal Navy on 13 February 1913. His Great War service afloat was spent entirely in H.M.S. Birmingham, in which ship he was present at the First Battle of Heligoland Bight, the Battle of Dogger Bank, and the Battle of Jutland. Latterly serving in the Royal Fleet Reserve, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 21 May 1928. Advanced Stoker Petty Officer on 17 September 1928, he re-entered the service on 16 October 1935, and saw further service in Palestine, during the Second World War, and in post-War Palestine.