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B.W.M. & Plaque, Officers. Ck. 1 A. K. Martin, H.M.S. “Glatton”, Casualty.
Pair, British War Medal named to L.2135 Officers Cook 1st Class A. K. Martin, Royal Navy, Memorial Plaque named to Arthur Kenneth Martin.
Arthur Kenneth Martin was born on 8 June 1891 at Gosport, Hampshire and was an “Assistant Cook” when he joined the Royal Navy as an Officers Cook 2.
He was “Discharged Dead” on 21 September of injuries received when H.M.S. “Glatton was sunk on 16 September 1918 and is buried in the “Gosport (Ann’s Hill) Cemetery”,, Hampshire. Sold with copied “Service” papers.
The town and port of Dover was very nearly destroyed by an instrument of war, not a long- range shell, or a bomb, but a warship. On the 16th of September 1918, the Monitor ship HMS Glatton, 5700 tons, was anchored in harbour and fully loaded with ammunition and explosives ready for France. A fire somehow started in the galley area. There was a great worry that the cargo would go up. Immediately the seafront and houses were cleared, and a barrier put up in the Market Square, to stop onlookers away from the harbour. The ship if she had exploded, would have levelled much of the town and causing catastrophic consequences. The local fire fighters joined naval fire parties in trying to contain the blaze. In fact all attempts to subdue the fire came to nought. Some members of the crew were still trapped onboard, and it was with great reluctance that Admiral Keyes took the decision to order a destroyer to torpedo HMS Glatton, thus sinking the vessel and allowing the sea to flood the hull, to put out the fire. Being a monitor type ship, she was almost flat bottomed, but three torpedoes struck her, and she immediately began to capsize. Many men still on board had very little time to escape, and so perished. She was not raised until 1925. Towed into the harbour camber, still upside down, plates from the hull were removed to allow the remains of the crew to be recovered. And the explosives removed. A memorial service was conducted on the upturned hull to remember the loss of so many of her crew. Three of Glatton’s crew are interred at Ann’s Hill Cemetery.
Condition: E.F. |
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| Code: 10/257Price: |
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Gold Tribute Medal from Lydney (Gloucestershire) 2/Lt. G. Brinkworth, Gloucestershire Regt.
Tribute Medal from Lydney, Gloucestershire, 30mm by 26mm, in 9 carat gold, hallmarks for Birmingham 1918, weight 10.7 gms, obverse Britannia shaking hands with a soldier, arms above and inscribed ˜Lydney’s Welcome Home”, reverse with crossed flags and inscribed ˜Presented to G. Brinkworth who fought in the Great War 1914-18”, with ornate scroll and double loop suspension.
George Arthur Brinkworth, won the Military Medal as a Corporal in the 8th Battalion of the Gloucestershire Regiment, was Mentioned in Despatches as a Sergeant and was later commissioned. He entered France on the 18 July 1915 and is entitled to the Military Medal and a 1914-15 Trio. With copied extracts from the London Gazette etc.
Condition: Good V.F. |
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| Code: 10/259Price: £300.00 |
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1914-15 Trio, A.M.1 F. C. Tolley, Wounded on H.M.S. “Ben-my-Chree”.
Group of 3, 1914-15 Star (A.M.2), British War and Victory Medals (A.M.1) named to 204153 F. C. Tolley, Royal Naval Air Service. Frederick CharlesTolley was born on 15 March 1897 at St. Frideswides, Oxfordshire and was a “Mechanic Apprentice” when he enlisted 21 April 1915. He joined the H.M.S. “Ben-My-Chree” on 30 May 1915 and was aboard when she was sunk, being slightly wounded in the back……The H.M.S. “Ben-my-Chree” which was sunk on 11-01-1917, was a former Isle of Man steamship which served in the Dardenelles campaign as a seaplane carrier. The ship, which at the time of her loss, was under the command of Wing Commander C. R. Sampson, D.S.O. of the Royal Naval Air Service, was taking part in the operations on the coast of Asia Minor. On the 11 January 1917, when in Kastelorgio Harbour she was shelled by the shore batteries and sunk. There was no loss of life, but one officer and four ratings were wounded. Sold with copied R.N. and R.A.F. papers.
Condition: Near E.F. |
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| Code: 10/240Price: £265.00 |
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WW1 Pair, Pte. D. Fraser, 5 Cameronians (Scottish Rif.), K.I.A.
Pair, British War Medal, Victory Medal named to 158 Private D. Fraser, Scottish Rifles. Duncan Fraser was born at Sandyford, Glasgow the son of Lachlan and Margaret Fraser of Thornwood Gardens, Broomhill, Glasgow and was aged 19 years when he was killed in action whilst serving as a Private in “D” Company, 5th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). He has no known grave and is commemorated on the “Thiepval Memorial”
The recipient’s Medal Index Card shows the British War and Victory Medals are his only entitlement.
Condition: Near E.F. small stain on Victory Medal |
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| Code: 10/104Price: £90.00 |
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