Five: Able Seaman D. T. Joles, Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (J.30138, D. T. Joles, Boy. 1., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (J.30138 D. T. Joles. A.B. R.N.); Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (J.30138 D. T. Joles. A.B. H.M.S. Effingham.) mounted as worn, the Great War awards polished with contact marks, therefore good fine, the last two better (5) £120-£160

David Thomas Joles was born on 20 January 1898, at Satchel, Hound, Hampshire. He commenced naval service as a Boy Second Class in H.M.S. Impregnable on 9 March 1914. He was appointed to H.M.S. Victory I, and was advanced to Boy First Class on 29 October 1914. He was posted to H.M.S. Drake, on 20 November 1914, and then to H.M.S. St. Vincent, on 8 April 1915, being advanced to Ordinary Seaman on 20 January 1916, and Able Seaman, on 1 March 1917. During the Great War he also served in H.M.S. Excellent, and H.M.S. Dido (Shakespeare). Following the Great War he continued in naval service and served in several ships including, H.M.S. Effingham, H.M.S. Victory I, H.M.S. Encounter, and H.M.S. Hood, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1931. He was shore pensioned from H.M.S. Dolphin, on 20 January 1938, but was recalled for service to H.M.S. Vernon on 31 July 1939, and served during the Second World War in H.M.S. Esperance Bay, H.M.S. Victory I, H.M.S. King George V and H.M.S. Penelope. He was released from H.M.S. Victory in September 1945.

Joles is confirmed on the medal roll for the 1937 Coronation medal as P/J30138 Able Seaman, David Thomas Joles, on the Admiralty, other ranks, list of awards.