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Auction: 19001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 260

1914-15 Star (S.4420. J. Scullion, Sto., R.N.R.), very fine

Joseph Scullion was born in May 1887 at Stockton, Durham. A fireman at an ironworks upon his enlistment into the Royal Naval Reserve on 18 November 1914, Scullion served afloat with H.M.S. Orion from 30 April 1915, seeing action with her at the Battle of Jutland. On that day, Orion fired 51 shells, one of those which scored a hit upon the Markgraf, destroying a 5.9 inch gun and killing its crew. Scullion was paid off from Orion on 14 January 1919.

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