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Auction: 8016 - Orders, Decorations, Medals & Militaria
Lot: 2

A Great War ´1917, Destroyer Flotilla´ D.S.O. Group of Five to Captain E.C. Brent, Royal Navy, Who Served in H.M.S. Patrol, 1914-18 a) Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, obverse centre loose, with integral top riband bar b) Queen´s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Midsn. E.C. Brent, R.N. H.M.S. Gibraltar.) c) 1914-15 Star (Lt. Cmmr. E.C. Brent. R.N.) d) British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oakleaves (Commr. E.C. Brent. R.N.), generally good very fine (5) Estimate £ 1,600-1,800 D.S.O. London Gazette 23.5.1917 Lt. Cmmr. Ernest Cyril Brent, R.N. ´´In recognition of their services in the Destroyer Patrol Flotillas, Armed Boarding Steamers, &c. during the period which ended on the 30th Sept. 1916.´´ M.I.D. London Gazette 8.3.1918 Lieut.-Cdr. Ernest Cyril Brent, D.S.O., R.N. ´´For services in Destroyer and Torpedo Boat Flotillas during the period ending 31st December 1917.´´ Captain Ernest Cyril Brent, D.S.O., appointed Midshipman Royal Navy, 15.9.1900; served in H.M.S. Gibraltar (Cruiser), from 5.3.1901; Lieutenant 15.11.1904; Lieutenant Commander 15.11.1912; he served in H.M.S. Patrol (Cruiser), 28.2.1914-14.3.1918; at the outbreak of the Great War, Patrol (Captain A.C. Bruce), was part of the 9th Destroyer Flotilla, defending the coast between the Firth of Forth and the Tyne; on the morning of 15.12.1914, she was at anchor in the port of Hartlepool, when the harbour was subjected to a surprise attack by a German raiding party comprising of the battlecruisers Seydlitz and Moltke and the cruiser Blucher; the German ships subjected the port and harbour entrance to heavy shelling; Bruce and his officers quickly realised that rather than be caught in the harbour where they would be sitting ducks, that they needed to make a dash for the harbour entrance; upon effecting this the Patrol came within range of the Blucher and as a consequence was hit twice suffering 4 men killed and 7 wounded; the Patrol had been badly holed by the German shells, which caused her to run aground; fortunately for the ship and her complement, the Germans were concentrating on making good their escape - the raid had already been going on for over half an hour before the damage to the British ship occurred; the Patrol was too low in the water to re-enter Hartlepool harbour, luckily, however she was able to limp into the docks at Middlesbrough; after repairs she joined the 7th Destroyer Flotilla for service in the Humber, 1915, where she remained stationed until 1918; further appointments included in H.M.S.´´s Gibraltar and Woolwich; Brent was presented with his D.S.O. by the King at Buckingham Palace, 18.7.1917; he re-engaged as Captain (Retired) for service during the Second World War with the Naval Intelligence Division, from 9.6.1941.

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