A Collection of Medals for the Battle of Jutland

Three: Chief Petty Officer E. Lightfoot, H.M.S. Champion, Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (236188, E. Lightfoot, L.S., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (236188 E. Lightfoot. P.O. R.N.) contact marks, nearly very fine (3) £70-£90

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. Champion was launched on 29 May 1915 and was the flagship of the 13th Destroyer Flotilla at the Battle of Jutland.

Everitt Lightfoot was born at Peterborough, Northamptonshire, on 1 May 1890 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 25 April 1906. He was advanced to Ordinary Seaman in H.M.S. London on 1 May 1908, to Able Seaman in H.M.S. Endymion on 21 October 1909, and to Leading Seaman in H.M.S. Pembroke I on 1 April 1914. He served during the Great War initially borne on the books of H.M.S. Actaeon (for service in Torpedo Boat 6), before transferring to H.M.S. Champion on 8 December 1915. He was promoted Petty Officer on 1 May 1917, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in May 1923. Advanced Chief Petty Officer in H.M.S. Carlisle on 10 March 1927, he was shore pensioned on 30 April 1930.

Sold with copied record of service.