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Five: Stoker Petty Officer W. R. Tubbs, Royal Navy, who served in the Royal Yacht Victoria...
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Five: Stoker Petty Officer W. R. Tubbs, Royal Navy, who served in the Royal Yacht Victoria and Albert, and subsequently in H.M.S. Princess Royal at the Battles of Heligoland Bight, Dogger Bank, and Jutland
1914-15 Star (295385, W. R. Tubbs. S.P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (295385 W. R. Tubbs. S.P.O. R.N.); Coronation 1911, unnamed as issued; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (295385 W. R. Tubbs. Ldg. Sto. H.M.S. Princess Royal) light pitting and contact marks, very fine (5) £100-£140
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William Robert Tubbs was born in St. Mary’s, Southampton, on 11 January 1882 and joined the Royal Navy in May 1900. He served in the Royal Yacht Victoria & Albert from December 1907 to March 1912, for which service he was awarded the Coronation Medal in 1911, and then again briefly in early July 1912 (presumably as supplementary crew over Cowes Week), before being posted to H.M.S. Princess Royal in November 1912. Awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, and advanced Stoker Petty Officer, he served in Princess Royal from the outbreak of the Great War until January 1917, and was present at the Battle of Heligoland Bight, in August 1914, before proceeding to the Caribbean Sea to prevent the German East Asia Squadron from using the Panama Canal. After the East Asia Squadron was sunk at the Battle of the Falkland Islands in December, Princess Royal rejoined the 1st Battle Cruiser Squadron. During the Battle of Dogger Bank, the ship scored only a few hits, although one crippled the German armoured cruiser Blücher. Shortly afterward, she became the flagship of the 1st Battle Cruiser Squadron. H.M.S. Princess Royal was moderately damaged during the Battle of Jutland on 31 May 1916 and required a month and a half of repairs.
Tubbs was shore pensioned in May 1922, and later served in the Mercantile Marine. He died in Portsmouth on 6 January 1954.
1914-15 Star (295385, W. R. Tubbs. S.P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (295385 W. R. Tubbs. S.P.O. R.N.); Coronation 1911, unnamed as issued; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (295385 W. R. Tubbs. Ldg. Sto. H.M.S. Princess Royal) light pitting and contact marks, very fine (5) £100-£140
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William Robert Tubbs was born in St. Mary’s, Southampton, on 11 January 1882 and joined the Royal Navy in May 1900. He served in the Royal Yacht Victoria & Albert from December 1907 to March 1912, for which service he was awarded the Coronation Medal in 1911, and then again briefly in early July 1912 (presumably as supplementary crew over Cowes Week), before being posted to H.M.S. Princess Royal in November 1912. Awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, and advanced Stoker Petty Officer, he served in Princess Royal from the outbreak of the Great War until January 1917, and was present at the Battle of Heligoland Bight, in August 1914, before proceeding to the Caribbean Sea to prevent the German East Asia Squadron from using the Panama Canal. After the East Asia Squadron was sunk at the Battle of the Falkland Islands in December, Princess Royal rejoined the 1st Battle Cruiser Squadron. During the Battle of Dogger Bank, the ship scored only a few hits, although one crippled the German armoured cruiser Blücher. Shortly afterward, she became the flagship of the 1st Battle Cruiser Squadron. H.M.S. Princess Royal was moderately damaged during the Battle of Jutland on 31 May 1916 and required a month and a half of repairs.
Tubbs was shore pensioned in May 1922, and later served in the Mercantile Marine. He died in Portsmouth on 6 January 1954.
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Five: Stoker Petty Officer W. R. Tubbs, Royal Navy, who served in the Royal Yacht Victoria and Albert, and subsequently in H.M.S. Princess Royal at the Battles of Heligoland Bight, Dogger Bank, and Jutland
1914-15 Star (295385, W. R. Tubbs. S.P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (295385 W. R. Tubbs. S.P.O. R.N.); Coronation 1911, unnamed as issued; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (295385 W. R. Tubbs. Ldg. Sto. H.M.S. Princess Royal) light pitting and contact marks, very fine (5) £100-£140
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William Robert Tubbs was born in St. Mary’s, Southampton, on 11 January 1882 and joined the Royal Navy in May 1900. He served in the Royal Yacht Victoria & Albert from December 1907 to March 1912, for which service he was awarded the Coronation Medal in 1911, and then again briefly in early July 1912 (presumably as supplementary crew over Cowes Week), before being posted to H.M.S. Princess Royal in November 1912. Awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, and advanced Stoker Petty Officer, he served in Princess Royal from the outbreak of the Great War until January 1917, and was present at the Battle of Heligoland Bight, in August 1914, before proceeding to the Caribbean Sea to prevent the German East Asia Squadron from using the Panama Canal. After the East Asia Squadron was sunk at the Battle of the Falkland Islands in December, Princess Royal rejoined the 1st Battle Cruiser Squadron. During the Battle of Dogger Bank, the ship scored only a few hits, although one crippled the German armoured cruiser Blücher. Shortly afterward, she became the flagship of the 1st Battle Cruiser Squadron. H.M.S. Princess Royal was moderately damaged during the Battle of Jutland on 31 May 1916 and required a month and a half of repairs.
Tubbs was shore pensioned in May 1922, and later served in the Mercantile Marine. He died in Portsmouth on 6 January 1954.
1914-15 Star (295385, W. R. Tubbs. S.P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (295385 W. R. Tubbs. S.P.O. R.N.); Coronation 1911, unnamed as issued; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (295385 W. R. Tubbs. Ldg. Sto. H.M.S. Princess Royal) light pitting and contact marks, very fine (5) £100-£140
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William Robert Tubbs was born in St. Mary’s, Southampton, on 11 January 1882 and joined the Royal Navy in May 1900. He served in the Royal Yacht Victoria & Albert from December 1907 to March 1912, for which service he was awarded the Coronation Medal in 1911, and then again briefly in early July 1912 (presumably as supplementary crew over Cowes Week), before being posted to H.M.S. Princess Royal in November 1912. Awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, and advanced Stoker Petty Officer, he served in Princess Royal from the outbreak of the Great War until January 1917, and was present at the Battle of Heligoland Bight, in August 1914, before proceeding to the Caribbean Sea to prevent the German East Asia Squadron from using the Panama Canal. After the East Asia Squadron was sunk at the Battle of the Falkland Islands in December, Princess Royal rejoined the 1st Battle Cruiser Squadron. During the Battle of Dogger Bank, the ship scored only a few hits, although one crippled the German armoured cruiser Blücher. Shortly afterward, she became the flagship of the 1st Battle Cruiser Squadron. H.M.S. Princess Royal was moderately damaged during the Battle of Jutland on 31 May 1916 and required a month and a half of repairs.
Tubbs was shore pensioned in May 1922, and later served in the Mercantile Marine. He died in Portsmouth on 6 January 1954.
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