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Auction: 22133 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 280

Victory Medal 1914-19 (3) (239719 A. Jones. A.B. R.N.), (226887 E. A. Heighton. A.B. R.N.), (J.18050 P. D. Martin. L.S. R.N.), polishing and contact wear overall, nearly very fine (3)

Alfred Jones was born on 5 February 1892 at Leicester and enlisted with the Royal Navy as a Boy Class II on 16 October 1907. Serving on a number of vessels prior to the Great War he was with H.M.S. Dido for Lydiard when hostilities began. Still with her at the Battle of Heligoland Bight where she is credited with Torpedoing the Light Cruiser Mainz.

Leaving Lydiard for Lancaster in mid-1915 by 8 December he was with the Light Cruiser Champion. Stationed with this vessel he saw action at the Battle of Jutland where Champion acted as the Lead Ship of the 13th Destroyer Flotilla under Captain J. U. Farie. This unit joined Beatty's battlecruiser fleet and went on to have several confused clashes with German escort units during the night.

Jones continued to serve, being posted to H.M.S. Empress of India on 21 March 1919 and seeing service in the Allied intervention in Russia where she provided fire support during the evacuation of Novorossiysk. Leaving that vessel on 19 November 1920 he was being demobilised on 4 February 1922 and went on to join the Royal Fleet Reserve; sold together with copied service papers.

Ernest Albert Heighton was born on 22 June 1887 at Clapham, London and enlisted with the Royal Navy as a Boy Class II on 15 July 1903. Serving on several vessels including Lion and Jupiter prior to the Great War he was stationed with the Dreadnought Hercules when hostilities began.

This vessel participated in the Battle of Jutland as part of the 1st Battle Squadron under Captain Clinton-Barker. She was 23rd in the line and fired 98 shells from her 12 inch guns. After the battle Jones continued to serve with Hercules until 24 February 1919, being transferred to the Royal Fleet Reserve on 25 February. He served ashore briefly against from 9 April-4 June 1921 when he was demobilised; sold together with copied service records.

Percival Dennis Martin was born on 28 October 1895 at Torquay, Devon and enlisted with the Royal Navy on 19 June 1912 as Boy Class II. Reaching his majority aboard H.M.S. Temeraire just prior to the outbreak of the Great War on 18 October 1913. Part of the Grand Fleet this vessel saw service with Harwich Force during the opening years of the war.

Leaving Temeraire on 9 January 1915, Martin's next posting afloat was Marlborough on 30 April. He was still stationed with this ship during the Battle of Jutland where she acted as Flagship for Vice-Admiral Sir Cecil Burney. During the fighting she was seen to land several hits upon a Kaiser-class Battleship, with good effect and later joined the vessels hammering the Light Cruiser Wiesbaden. Struck by a torpedo around 18:00 she continued to fight, engaging several Koing-Class battleships and landing hits on Grosser Kurfürst. As the fleets disengaged the damage to Marlborough began to tell and she returned to the Humber for repairs.

Martin remained with the Royal Navy after the Battle of Jutland, being posted to the depot ship Fearless for the submarine K5 on 16 October 1917. Fortunately he was not aboard her after the war when she was lost with all hands during a training exercise. He served until 27 October 1927 when he was shore pensioned; sold together with copied service papers.

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