Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Able Seaman C. H. Glover, H.M.S. Bellerophon, Royal Navy, who died in service in 1939

1914-15 Star (219042, C. H. Glover, A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (219042 C. H. Glover, A.B. R.N.) minor contact marks, very fine (3) £80-£100

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

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The dreadnought battleship H.M.S. Bellerophon was launched on 27 July 1907 and was part of the 4th Battle Squadron at the Battle of Jutland, where she fired a total of 62 twelve-inch shells and 14 four-inch shells during the battle.

Charles Harrisson Glover was born at Pluckley, Kent, on 27 May 1886 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 28 January 1902. He was promoted Able Seaman on 21 August 1905, and served during the Great War in H.M.S. Bellerophon. Shore demobilised in March 1919, he subsequently joined the Royal Fleet Reserve and was re-engaged in March 1921, finally being shore pensioned in May 1928. He was recalled for war service in September 1939, but died of myocarditis when serving in H.M.S. Daedalus on 10 November 1939. He is buried under a C.W.G.C. headstone in Ashford Cemetery, Kent.