Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Memorial Plaque (Herbert George Pankhurst) some polish residue, very fine £80-£100

Herbert George Pankhurst served as a Shipwright Second Class during the Great War in H.M.S. Queen Mary, and was killed in action at the Battle of Jutland on 31 May 1916. During the Battle, Queen Mary engaged the German ships SMS Seydlitz and SMS Derfflinger, and one of Derfflinger’s shells scored a direct hit on Queen Mary’s ‘Q’ turret detonating the magazines and breaking the ship in two. She was sunk with the loss of 1,266 crew; there were only 18 survivors.
Pankhurst was amongst those killed, and he is commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.