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Auction: 20001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 646

A Second World War B.E.M. group of eight awarded to Chief Petty Officer A. H. Abrahams, Royal Navy, who fought in the Battle of Jutland and whose naval career spanned a remarkable 34 years

British Empire Medal, (Military) G.VI.R., 1st issue (C.P.O. Albert H. Abrahams D/J. 4185), officially impressed naming on a pre-prepared ground; 1914-15 Star (J.4185, A. H. Abrahams, A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (J.4185 A. H. Abrahams. P.O. R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (J.4185 A. H. Abrahams. P.O. H.M.S. Vivid.), Great War awards polished, remainder very fine (8)

B.E.M. London Gazette 1 January 1946.

Albert Henry Abrahams was born on 5 July 1893 at Birmingham, and attested for the Royal Navy at Devonport on 5 July 1911. Appointed Able Seaman and posted to the battleship Benbow on 7 October 1914, he was present aboard her during the Battle of Jutland from 31 May-1 June 1916. Although not heavily engaged, Benbow fired forty 13.5-inch armour-piercing, capped shells, and sixty 6-inch rounds (Jutland: An Analysis of the Fighting by John Campbell, refers).

Promoted Petty Officer in September 1918, Abrahams transferred to the corvette Calypso, followed by the battleships Valiant and Queen Elizabeth. Awarded his L.S. & G.C. on 6 September 1926 he was discharged on 31 July 1939. His retirement did not last long however, for a month later Abrahams was appointed Chief Petty Officer at Fortitude, the naval base at Ardrossanon on the north Ayrshire coastline. Ending his career at the Royal Naval Air Station Dipper in Dorset, Abrahams was finally released from service on 14 August 1945; sold with copied service record and research.


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