Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

One: Leading Signalman W. L. J. Lee, H.M.S. Cochrane, Royal Navy

Victory Medal 1914-19 (J.10873 W. L. J. Lee. L. Sig. R.N.) good very fine £30-£40

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals for the Battle of Jutland.

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The armoured cruiser H.M.S. Cochrane was launched on 28 May 1905 and was part of the 2nd Cruiser Squadron at the Battle of Jutland.

William Louis John Lee was born in Bridport, Dorset, on 14 January 1895 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on 14 January 1911. He served during the Great War in H.M.S. Cochrane from the outbreak of War to 2 August 1917, and was advanced Leading Signalman on 24 February 1918. He was shore demobilised on 8 December 1919, subsequently joining the Royal Fleet Reserve.