A Collection of Medals for the Battle of Jutland

One: Leading Signaller A. E. Brazier, H.M.S. Yarmouth, Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (J.22369. A. E. Brazier, Sig., R.N.) nearly very fine £30-£40

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

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The light cruiser H.M.S. Yarmouth was launched on 12 April 1911 and was part of the 3rd Light Cruiser Squadron at the Battle of Jutland.

Albert Edward Brazier was born in Islington, London, on 25 September 1897 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on 3 January 1913. He served during the Great War in H.M.S. Yarmouth from the outbreak of War to 15 February 1918, and was advanced Leading Signaller on 17 January 1918. He was shore invalided suffering from Myopia on 3 June 1925,