Auction Catalogue

25 May 2022

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Lot

№ 109

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25 May 2022

Hammer Price:
£160

Three: Stoker Petty Officer J. Roberts, Royal Navy, who was killed in action when H.M.S. Monmouth sank with the loss of all hands at the Battle of Coronel on 1 November 1914

1914-15 Star (276533, J. Roberts, S.P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (276533 J. Roberts. S.P.O. R.N.) light contact marks, very fine (3) £120-£160

James Roberts was born in Devon on 1 February 1873 and joined the Royal Navy as a Stoker Second Class on 19 April 1894. He was advanced to Leading Stoker in H.M.S. Donegal on 11 August 1905, and to Stoker Petty Officer in H.M.S. Monmouth on 17 January 1907. After service in several other ships he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in May 1913, and returned to H.M.S. Monmouth in July 1914, serving in her during the Great War. He was killed in action during the Battle of Coronel on 1 November 1914, when H.M.S. Monmouth was lost with all hands, and is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial.