Auction Catalogue

15 September 2021

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№ 188

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15 September 2021

Hammer Price:
£140

Four: Chief Shipwright First Class T. G. Sweetenham, Royal Navy, who served in H.M.S. Neptune at the Battle of Jutland

1914-15 Star (346223 T. G. Sweetenham, Shpt. 1., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (346223 T. G. Sweetenham. Shpt. 2 R.N.) BWM partially officially re-impressed; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (346223 T. G. Sweetenham. Shpt. 1 Cl. H.M.S. Neptune.) very fine (4) £100-£140

Thomas George Sweetenham was born on 7 November 1884, at Gosport, Hampshire and commenced his naval service as a Boy Shipwright at H.M. Dockyard Portsmouth, on 3 March 1903. Appointed Shipwright, H.M.S. Duke of Wellington II, on 8 July 1903, he was advanced to Leading Shipwright, H.M.S. Dominion, on 1 January 1906, and qualified as an Artificer Diver on 23 August 1909. During the Great War he served in H.M.S. Neptune, and was present in her at the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in March 1918, and was advanced to Chief Shipwright Second Class, H.M.S. Barham, on 29 September 1922. He was shore pensioned on 22 March 1925, in the rate of Chief Shipwright First Class.