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Auction: 22103 - Orders, Decorations and Medals VII - e-Auction
Lot: 456

Five: Able Seaman D. Jackson, Royal Navy

1914-15 (195242, D. Jackson, A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (195242 D. Jackson. A.B. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (195242 David Jackson, A.B. H.M.S. St. Vincent.); Russia, Empire, Medal of the Order of St George, silver, the reverse officially numbered '1272935', very fine (5)

Russian Medal of the Order of St George confirmed in The Jutland Honours.

David Jackson was born at Saint Mary's, Southampton on 13 November 1880 and joined the Royal Navy on 22 July 1897, having been in the Merchant Navy. During the Great War he served aboard St Vincent, whose books he appeared on from 14 December 1911-3 December 1919. She was present for the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916 and during the first stage of the general engagement, the ship began firing a few salvos from her main guns at the crippled light cruiser Wiesbaden. The number of hits made, if any, is unknown. Until 1900hrs the ship turned away twice from what were thought to be torpedoes that stopped short of the ship. From 1910hrs St Vincent began firing at what was initially identified as a German battleship, but proved to be the battlecruiser Moltke, hitting her target twice before she disappeared into the mist. The first armour-piercing, capped (APC) shell was probably a ricochet and struck the upper hull abreast the bridge. It wrecked the sickbay and slightly damaged the surrounding superstructure and hull, which caused some minor flooding. One man in the conning tower was wounded by a splinter. The second hit penetrated the rear armour of the superfiring turret at the rear of the ship, wrecking it and starting a small fire that was easily extinguished by the crew. This was the last time that St Vincent fired her guns during the battle. The ship fired a total of 98 twelve-inch shells (90 APC and 8 common-pointed, capped) during the battle.

Jackson was shore pensioned on 2 December 1920.

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£900

Starting price
£210