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Auction: 18003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 631

Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (J. 37085 (CH. B. 20756) C. E. L. Williams. A.B. R.F.R.), very fine

Claude Ernest Leonard Williams was born at Fulham, London on 23 March 1899. He served aboard H.M.S. Powerful from March 1915 and was aboard the battleship Barham at Jutland; heavily engaged in the battle, the Barham was responsible - with the Valiant - for flooding a 5.9 inch magazine on the Lutzow and blowing a 10 by 13 foot hole in the bow of the Seydlitz. She was herself hit six times and suffered losses of 26 killed and 46 wounded. Williams continued to see extensive service with the Royal Navy until 1929, whereupon he transferred to the Royal Fleet Reserve.

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