Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Captain S. T. H. Wilton, Royal Navy, who was Commended and awarded the Russian Order of St. Stanislas for his services as Second in Command of the battleship H.M.S. Malaya at the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916

British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Commr. S. T. H. Wilton. R.N.); Russia, Empire, Order of St. Stanislas, Military Division, Second class neck badge, with crossed swords, by Eduard, St. Petersburg, gold (56 zolotniki) and enamel, maker’s mark to reverse and gold marks and 1908-17 kokoshnik mark to suspension ring, with additional kokoshnik marks to hilts of swords, with neck riband; Belgium, Kingdom, Order of the Crown, Officer’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with rosette on riband, blue enamel damage to reverse central medallion of last (this detached but present), otherwise good very fine and better (4) £1,400-£1,800

M.I.D. London Gazette 15 September 1916:
‘For service in the Battle of Jutland.’

Russian Order of St. Stanislas Second Class with Swords London Gazette 5 June 1917:
‘For services rendered in the Battle of Jutland.’

Belgian Order of the Crown Fourth Class London Gazette 29 August 1917:
‘For distinguished services rendered during the War.’

Stanley Tunstall Haverfield Wilton was born at Bath on 4 June 1879 and entered the H.M.S. Britannia at Dartmouth as a Cadet in July 1893. Appointed a Midshipman on 15 September 1895, he was commissioned Sub-Lieutenant on 15 March 1899, and was promoted Lieutenant on 15 September 1900. He qualified as a Lieutenant in Gunnery at H.M.S. Excellent in 1904, and subsequently served as Gunnery Lieutenant in H.M. Ships Lancaster, Repulse, Achilles, and Vanguard.

Promoted Commander on 30 June 1913, Wilton served during the Great War initially at the Admiralty as assistant to the Director of Naval Ordnance, before being appointed as Second in Command of the battleship H.M.S. Malaya in December 1915, and served in her at the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916. For his services at Jutland he was Commended by the Admiralty, and was awarded the Russian Order of St. Stanislas, Second Class.

Wilton returned to the Admiralty in August 1917, and was promoted Captain on 31 December 1918. He transferred to the Retired List at his own request in 1922, and was subsequently employed by the Department for Overseas Trade. He died in Bushey, Hertfordshire, on 30 November 1930.

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