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Auction: 12002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 27

A Great War ´Grand Fleet Destroyer´s´ D.S.M. Group of Five to Chief Petty Officer J.M. Martin, Royal Navy a) Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (182316. J.M. Martin, C.P.O. "Pellew" 1918) b) 1914-15 Star (182316. J.M. Martin. P.O.1., R.N.) c) British War and Victory Medals (182316. J.M. Martin. C.P.O. R.N.) d) Naval Long Service & G.C., G.V.R., 1st ´Admiral´s bust´ type (182316 J.M. Martin, P.O.1.Cl, H.M.S. Fisgard.), generally very fine (5) Estimate £ 600-800 D.S.M. London Gazette 11.12.1918 CPO James Maxwell Martin, ON 182316 (P.O.) ´For services in Grand Fleet Destroyers between the 1st January and 30th June 1918.´ 182316 Chief Petty Officer James Maxwell Martin, D.S.M., born Darlington, January 1879; enlisted in the Royal Navy in H.M.S. St. Vincent, January 1897; promoted Able Seaman, 26.9.1902; Leading Seaman, 23.8.1904; Petty Officer, 27.2.1905; served in H.M.S. Fishguard, 25.3.1911 - 6.10.1912, and awarded Long Service & G.C., 23.1.1912; served during the Great War in H.M.S. Hecla; advanced Chief Petty Officer, 1.5.1918; transferred to the Royal Fleet Reserve, 12.1.1919.

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