Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Painter 1st Class H. J. Acock, Royal Navy

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902 (H. J. Acock, Ptr. 1st Cl. H.M.S. Forte) impressed naming; 1914-15 Star (340339, H. J. Acock, Ptr. 1., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (340339. H. J. Acock, Ptr. 1 R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (340339 H. J. Acock, Painter. 1Cl., H.M.S. Implacable.) contact marks, polished, generally nearly very fine (5)

Henry James Acock was born in Ramsgate, Kent, on 28 November 1872 and enlisted in the Royal Navy on 14 August 1884. Advanced Painter 1st Class on 28 October 1898, he served in H.M.S. Forte during the Boer War and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 26 August 1909. His Great War service included service in H.M.S. Implacable during the landing at Cape Helles, Gallipoli, in April 1915. He was discharged to pension on 21 February 1919.