Auction Catalogue

29 June 2022

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Lot

№ 216

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29 June 2022

Hammer Price:
£110

Three: Petty Officer A. H. Hammett, Royal Navy
1914-15 Star (219110, A. H. Hammett L.S. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (219110 A. H. Hammett. L.S. R.N.) mounted as worn, nearly very fine

Three: Cook W. N. Marshall, Royal Navy
1914-15 Star (M.5941. W. N. Marshall. Ck. Mte., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (M.5941 W. N. Marshall. Ck. Mte. R.N.) mounted as worn, contact marks, nearly very fine (6) £70-£90

Albert Hector Hammett was born at Stonehouse, Devon, on 28 April 1886 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class in H.M.S. Impregnable on 6 January 1902. He was advanced to Ordinary Seaman, H.M.S. Montague, on 28 April 1904; Able Seaman on 1 July 1904; and Leading Seaman, H.M.S. Excellent on 26 February 1914. During the Great War he served in H.M.S. Agincourt. He was shore demobilised in March 1919, and joined the Royal Fleet Reserve. Recalled for war service as a Petty Officer in August 1939, he was invalided ‘P.U.N.S.’ (permanently unfit for naval service), on 11 May 1940.

William Nicholls Marshall was born at Devonport, Devon, on 8 November 1893and joined the Royal Navy as a Probationer Second Cooks Mate in H.M.S. Vivid I, on 28 April 1913. Advanced to Cook’s Mate on 28 February 1914, he served during the Great War in H.M.S. Duke of Edinburgh, H.M.S. Vivid I, and H.M.S. Diligence (for service in H.M.S. Prince). Promoted Cook, H.M.S. Apollo, on 17 May 1919, and Leading Cook, H.M.S. Hood, on 7 April 1924, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in June 1925, and was invalided to shore on 19 February 1930. His service record notes that he was later convicted of theft, and that he was deprived of his L.S. & G.C.