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Auction: 8016 - Orders, Decorations, Medals & Militaria
Lot: 32

A ´G.V.R.´ Naval Good Shooting Medal Group of Six to Boatswain S. Ward, Royal Navy, Who Was Present in H.M.S. Britannia When She Became the Last Royal Naval Vessel to Be Sunk During the Great War, 9.11.1918, Just Two Days Before the Armistice 1914-15 Star (Bosn. S. Ward, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Bosn. S. Ward. R.N.); Defence and War Medals; Naval Long Service & G.C., G.V.R., 1st ´Admiral´s bust´ type (197239 Samuel Ward, P.O., H.M.S. Venerable.); Naval Good Shooting Medal, E.VII.R. (197239 S. Ward, A.B., H.M.S. Stag. 1904. 6 Pr.Q.F.), BWM officially renamed, generally good very fine (6) Estimate £ 260-300 197239 Boatswain Samuel Ward (1881-1952), born Poplar, London; joined the Royal Navy as Boy 2nd Class, 1898; served during the Great War in H.M.S. Venerable (battleship), 1914-2.4.1915, and in H.M.S. Britannia, 16.5.1915-9.11.1918, he was serving in the latter when she became the last Royal Navy vessel to be sunk during the War, the Britannia was torpedoed off Cape Trafalgar by U-50, 9.11.1918, only two days before the armistice; Ward survived the action and re-engaged for service during the Second World War as a Commissioned Boatswain at H.M.S. Collingwood (Training Establishment), from 1.12.1939.

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