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13 January 2021

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№ 76

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13 January 2021

Hammer Price:
£900

Five: Regulating Petty Officer H. Penfold, Royal Navy, who served for most of the Great War in the battleship Inflexible and was awarded the Russian Medal of St George for services at the Battle of Jutland

1914-15 Star (160468 H. Penfold. Sh. Cpl. 1, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (160468 H. Penfold. Sh. Cpl. 1. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (160468 Hugh Penfold, Sh. Cpl. 1Cl., H.M.S. Osea.); Russia, Empire, Medal of St George, 4th Class, silver, reverse officially numbered ‘1273102’, very fine (5) £400-£500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of David Lloyd.

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Hugh Penfold was born at Pulborough, Sussex, on 22 December 1875, and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on 29 April 1891, a farm labourer by trade. By February 1900 he had achieved Petty Officer status, becoming P.O. 1st Class in July 1901. He became a Ship’s Corporal 2nd Class in September 1901, and was advanced to Ship’s Corporal 1st Class in January 1903. In that rate he joined the battleship Inflexible on 5 November 1912, and served in her throughout the war until 16 June 1918, seeing action in the Falkland Islands 8 December 1914, the Dardanelles 1915, and the battle of Jutland 31 May 1916. He was awarded the silver Medal of St George for his services at Jutland (ADM 116/1493 refers). After leaving Inflexible he joined H.M.S. Osea, the Coastal Motor Boat base on Osea Island, Clacton on Sea, on 20 August 1918, and received his L.S. & G.C. medal there on 18 January 1919. Promoted to Regulating Petty Officer 1st Class on 26 April 1919, he was discharged to shore and pension on 30 August 1919.