Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Worcester Training Ship Medal (2), ship-of-the-line enclosed by a garter inscribed, ‘The Incorporated Thames Nautical Training College’, surmounted by a crown, with flags to either side and scroll ‘H.M.S. Worcester’ below; reverse inscribed, ‘F. Collinson’, 55 x 48mm., silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1905, stamped, ‘J.A.R.’, with ‘double dolphin’ suspension; another, smaller, reverse inscribed, ‘11 to 12 Stone H. M. Roussel, 1936’, 37 x 30mm., silver, ring suspension; Royal Society of Arts Thomas Grey Memorial Prize for Navigation, Britannia standing with trident and shield; reverse: inscription in raised letters (name and year engraved), ‘Awarded to Cadet J. E. W. Worrall, H.M.S. Worcester 1936’, 44mm., bronze, unmounted, nearly extremely fine (3) £100-120

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Prize, Training Ship, Nursing & Other Medals from the James N. Spencer Collection.

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Acting Sub Lieutenant John Edward Wesney Worrall, Royal Naval Reserve, was killed in action on 3 August 1940, aged 21 years, when his submarine, H.M.S. Thames, was mined probably between Lister and Kristiansund, Norway.