Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Able Seaman H. W. Jenkins, Royal Navy, who survived the sinking of the flotilla leader H.M.S. Scott on 15 August 1918 and later served in the Black Sea area of operations during the Russian Intervention in H.M.S. Montrose

British War and Victory Medals (S.S. 7378. H. W. Jenkins. Ord. R.N.); Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue (SS. 7378 (CH, B, 16877) H. W. Jenkins. A.B. R.F.R.) nearly extremely fine (3) £70-£90

Harold William Jenkins was born at Dartford, Kent in April 1895 and enlisted into the Royal Navy in June 1916 as an Ordinary Seaman. He initially saw active service with the battlecruiser H.M.S. Repulse and the destroyer H.M.S. Martin before joining the flotilla leader H.M.S. Scott in January 1918. In April 1918, Scott formed part of the ‘outer patrol’ during the Zeebrugge Raid and on 15 August, while escorting a convoy from the Netherlands to England with the destroyer H.M.S. Ullswater, both ships were struck by mines or torpedoes near the Dutch coast. Scott’s forward magazine exploded, causing her to sink with the loss of 22 crewmen. Following this, Jenkins was transferred to Scott’s replacement, H.M.S. Montrose and was part of her crew as she operated in the Black Sea in 1919 and 1920, during the Russian Civil War. He subsequently joined the Royal Fleet Reserve in July 1921.