Three: Able Seaman J. Forbes, Hood Battalion, Royal Naval Division, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

1914 Star, with clasp (C.1/145. J. Forbes, A.B. R.N.V.R. Hood Bttn. R.N.D.); British War and Victory Medals (M.19587 J. Forbes. Car. Cr. R.N.) good very fine (3) £180-£220

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to Recipients of the 1914 Star.

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James Forbes was born at Broughtyferry, Dundee on 30 January 1893. A joiner by occupation, he served during the Great War with the Hood Battalion, Royal Naval Division at the Defence of Antwerp, October 1914, subsequently returning to the shore establishment Vivid II at Devonport, where he presented on 18 March 1916 with ‘Antwerp 1914’ newly tattooed on his right arm. He served as Carpenter’s Crew on the cruiser H.M.S. Hyacinth on the Cape Station off Tangayika from 23 July 1917 until 30 June 1918 and afterwards at H.M.S. Afrikander, the base at Simonstown, from 1 July 1918 until 14 February 1919, at which point he returned to Vivid II and was demobilised in June 1919. His British War and Victory Medals were issued to the R.N.V.R. H.Q., Clyde Division.