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Auction: 19003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 201

(x) Four: Shipwright 2nd Class L. Britnell, Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (M. 1760. L. Britnell. Jr., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (M. 1760 L. Britnell. Shpt.2 R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (M. 1760 L. Britnell. Shpt.2 H.M.S. Magnolia.), mounted as worn, lightly polished, very fine (3)

Lawrence Britnell was born on 1 February 1889 at Weybridge, Surrey. A carpenter by trade, he joined the Royal Navy on 9 April 1910 and served aboard H.M.S. Natal from 17 September 1912 until the loss of the ship on 30 December 1915. Destroyed by a huge explosion of ammunition whilst at anchor in the Cromarty Firth, 421 crew and civilian visitors died, watched on by hundreds more of the crew who were on shore leave and playing football nearby. Transferred to the armoured cruiser H.M.S. Antrim, Britnell experienced a long career with the Royal Navy, being awarded the L.S. & G.C. Medal in 1925 and discharged in late 1927 on account of the development of a hernia.

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