Auction Catalogue

29 June 2022

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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Lot

№ 230

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29 June 2022

Hammer Price:
£95

Three: Able Seaman H. Follett, Royal Navy
1914-15 Star (J.16423, H. Follett. A.B. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (J.16423 H. Follett. A.B. R.N.) some staining to reverse of Star, otherwise very fine

Three: Carpenters Crew H. E. Marriott, Royal Navy
1914-15 Star (M.14892, H. Marriott, Car. Cr., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (M 14892 H. E. Marriott. Car. Cr. R.N.) very fine (6) £70-£90

Harry Follett was born in Cardiff on 18 April 1895 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 28 March 1912. He was advanced to Ordinary Seaman, H.M.S. Devonshire on 18 April 1913, and to Able Seaman on 4 January 1915. He subsequently served during the Great War in H.M.S. Vivid I, H.M.S. Wellington (Cicala) and H.M.S. Cleopatra. He was invalided out of the service in September 1918, suffering from tuberculosis contracted on active service.

Henry Ernest Marriott was born at Bow, Middlesex, on 16 July 1892 and joined the Royal Navy on a hostilities only basis, as Carpenters Crewman, H.M.S. Pembroke II, on 17 August 1915. He subsequently served in H.M.S. St. George and H.M.S. Pembroke II, and was demobilised on 23 February 1919.