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Four: Able Seaman W. Porter, Royal Navy, who served at the Battle of Jutland in H.M.S. Iron...
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Four: Able Seaman W. Porter, Royal Navy, who served at the Battle of Jutland in H.M.S. Iron Duke
1914-15 Star (J.12141. W. Foster, A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (J. 14121 W. Foster. A.B. R.N.); Defence Medal, contact marks, some staining, nearly very fine
Three: Leading Seaman G. S. Marshall, Royal Navy
1914-15 Star (210087, G. S. Marshall, A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (210087. G. S. Marshall. L.S. R.N.); together with a Borough of Portsmouth bronze Coronation Medal 1902, by J. Moore, 38mm, contact marks, polished, good fine, coronation medal very fine (7) £140-£180
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William Porter, a grocer’s assistant from Dorchester, was born in Bridport, Dorset, on 15 July 1894. He attested into the Royal Navy as a Boy on 24 May 1911 and was Advanced Able Seaman on 30 January 1914. He served afloat during the Great War as a Seaman Gunner in H.M.S. Vindictive and later the flagship of Admiral Jellicoe, H.M.S. Iron Duke, and was present at the Battle of Jutland when she was lead ship of the Third Division of the Fourth Battle Squadron. He later served in the escort ship H.M.S. Wyncote. Post-War he returned to H.M.S. Iron Duke and served in the operations in the Black Sea during the Russian Civil War, and later witnessed the burning of Smyrna on 3 September 1922 during the Greco-Turkish War. Discharged to shore on 14 July 1924, he joined the Royal Fleet Reserve the following day and was discharged medically unfit on 19 May 1931. During the Second War he served as an Air Raid Precautions Warden in Aldershot, Hampshire, and later died in Surrey in 1971.
Sold with a hallmarked silver ARP button lapel badge, a U.S. Battleship medallion, original service papers, copied photographs of the recipient in uniform and copied research.
George Stephenson Marshall, a pupil at Greenwich Hospital School, was born in Portsmouth on 31 January 1885, and attested into the Royal Navy as a Boy on 16 June 1900. Advanced Leading Seaman on 4 March 1910, he served afloat during the Great War in H.M.S. Matchless, and H.M.S. Jason and possibly survived the latter’s sinking after hitting a mine off the west coast of Scotland on 7 April 1917. He later served in the survey ship H.M.S. Endeavour and was shore pensioned on 3 February 1925.
Sold with copied service papers and copied research.
1914-15 Star (J.12141. W. Foster, A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (J. 14121 W. Foster. A.B. R.N.); Defence Medal, contact marks, some staining, nearly very fine
Three: Leading Seaman G. S. Marshall, Royal Navy
1914-15 Star (210087, G. S. Marshall, A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (210087. G. S. Marshall. L.S. R.N.); together with a Borough of Portsmouth bronze Coronation Medal 1902, by J. Moore, 38mm, contact marks, polished, good fine, coronation medal very fine (7) £140-£180
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William Porter, a grocer’s assistant from Dorchester, was born in Bridport, Dorset, on 15 July 1894. He attested into the Royal Navy as a Boy on 24 May 1911 and was Advanced Able Seaman on 30 January 1914. He served afloat during the Great War as a Seaman Gunner in H.M.S. Vindictive and later the flagship of Admiral Jellicoe, H.M.S. Iron Duke, and was present at the Battle of Jutland when she was lead ship of the Third Division of the Fourth Battle Squadron. He later served in the escort ship H.M.S. Wyncote. Post-War he returned to H.M.S. Iron Duke and served in the operations in the Black Sea during the Russian Civil War, and later witnessed the burning of Smyrna on 3 September 1922 during the Greco-Turkish War. Discharged to shore on 14 July 1924, he joined the Royal Fleet Reserve the following day and was discharged medically unfit on 19 May 1931. During the Second War he served as an Air Raid Precautions Warden in Aldershot, Hampshire, and later died in Surrey in 1971.
Sold with a hallmarked silver ARP button lapel badge, a U.S. Battleship medallion, original service papers, copied photographs of the recipient in uniform and copied research.
George Stephenson Marshall, a pupil at Greenwich Hospital School, was born in Portsmouth on 31 January 1885, and attested into the Royal Navy as a Boy on 16 June 1900. Advanced Leading Seaman on 4 March 1910, he served afloat during the Great War in H.M.S. Matchless, and H.M.S. Jason and possibly survived the latter’s sinking after hitting a mine off the west coast of Scotland on 7 April 1917. He later served in the survey ship H.M.S. Endeavour and was shore pensioned on 3 February 1925.
Sold with copied service papers and copied research.
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Four: Able Seaman W. Porter, Royal Navy, who served at the Battle of Jutland in H.M.S. Iron Duke
1914-15 Star (J.12141. W. Foster, A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (J. 14121 W. Foster. A.B. R.N.); Defence Medal, contact marks, some staining, nearly very fine
Three: Leading Seaman G. S. Marshall, Royal Navy
1914-15 Star (210087, G. S. Marshall, A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (210087. G. S. Marshall. L.S. R.N.); together with a Borough of Portsmouth bronze Coronation Medal 1902, by J. Moore, 38mm, contact marks, polished, good fine, coronation medal very fine (7) £140-£180
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William Porter, a grocer’s assistant from Dorchester, was born in Bridport, Dorset, on 15 July 1894. He attested into the Royal Navy as a Boy on 24 May 1911 and was Advanced Able Seaman on 30 January 1914. He served afloat during the Great War as a Seaman Gunner in H.M.S. Vindictive and later the flagship of Admiral Jellicoe, H.M.S. Iron Duke, and was present at the Battle of Jutland when she was lead ship of the Third Division of the Fourth Battle Squadron. He later served in the escort ship H.M.S. Wyncote. Post-War he returned to H.M.S. Iron Duke and served in the operations in the Black Sea during the Russian Civil War, and later witnessed the burning of Smyrna on 3 September 1922 during the Greco-Turkish War. Discharged to shore on 14 July 1924, he joined the Royal Fleet Reserve the following day and was discharged medically unfit on 19 May 1931. During the Second War he served as an Air Raid Precautions Warden in Aldershot, Hampshire, and later died in Surrey in 1971.
Sold with a hallmarked silver ARP button lapel badge, a U.S. Battleship medallion, original service papers, copied photographs of the recipient in uniform and copied research.
George Stephenson Marshall, a pupil at Greenwich Hospital School, was born in Portsmouth on 31 January 1885, and attested into the Royal Navy as a Boy on 16 June 1900. Advanced Leading Seaman on 4 March 1910, he served afloat during the Great War in H.M.S. Matchless, and H.M.S. Jason and possibly survived the latter’s sinking after hitting a mine off the west coast of Scotland on 7 April 1917. He later served in the survey ship H.M.S. Endeavour and was shore pensioned on 3 February 1925.
Sold with copied service papers and copied research.
1914-15 Star (J.12141. W. Foster, A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (J. 14121 W. Foster. A.B. R.N.); Defence Medal, contact marks, some staining, nearly very fine
Three: Leading Seaman G. S. Marshall, Royal Navy
1914-15 Star (210087, G. S. Marshall, A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (210087. G. S. Marshall. L.S. R.N.); together with a Borough of Portsmouth bronze Coronation Medal 1902, by J. Moore, 38mm, contact marks, polished, good fine, coronation medal very fine (7) £140-£180
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William Porter, a grocer’s assistant from Dorchester, was born in Bridport, Dorset, on 15 July 1894. He attested into the Royal Navy as a Boy on 24 May 1911 and was Advanced Able Seaman on 30 January 1914. He served afloat during the Great War as a Seaman Gunner in H.M.S. Vindictive and later the flagship of Admiral Jellicoe, H.M.S. Iron Duke, and was present at the Battle of Jutland when she was lead ship of the Third Division of the Fourth Battle Squadron. He later served in the escort ship H.M.S. Wyncote. Post-War he returned to H.M.S. Iron Duke and served in the operations in the Black Sea during the Russian Civil War, and later witnessed the burning of Smyrna on 3 September 1922 during the Greco-Turkish War. Discharged to shore on 14 July 1924, he joined the Royal Fleet Reserve the following day and was discharged medically unfit on 19 May 1931. During the Second War he served as an Air Raid Precautions Warden in Aldershot, Hampshire, and later died in Surrey in 1971.
Sold with a hallmarked silver ARP button lapel badge, a U.S. Battleship medallion, original service papers, copied photographs of the recipient in uniform and copied research.
George Stephenson Marshall, a pupil at Greenwich Hospital School, was born in Portsmouth on 31 January 1885, and attested into the Royal Navy as a Boy on 16 June 1900. Advanced Leading Seaman on 4 March 1910, he served afloat during the Great War in H.M.S. Matchless, and H.M.S. Jason and possibly survived the latter’s sinking after hitting a mine off the west coast of Scotland on 7 April 1917. He later served in the survey ship H.M.S. Endeavour and was shore pensioned on 3 February 1925.
Sold with copied service papers and copied research.
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