Three: Able Seaman C. Smith, Royal Navy, who served in H.M.S. Lion, the flagship of Admiral Beatty’s Battlecruiser Fleet, at the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916

British War and Victory Medals (211173 C. Smith. A.B. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (211173 Charles Smith. A.B. H.M.S. Lion.) contact marks, nearly very fine (3) £80-£100

Charles Smith was born on 22 November 1884, at Hammersmith, London. He commenced naval service as a Boy Second Class in H.M.S. Impregnable, on 29 August 1900, and was advanced to Ordinary Seaman, H.M.S. Vivid, on 22 November 1902, and Able Seaman, H.M.S. Royal Oak, on 15 September 1904. He continued in service and in the Great War served in H.M.S. Vivid I, and H.M.S. Defiance. He was present in H.M.S. Lion, the flagship of Admiral Beatty’s Battlecruiser Fleet at the Battle of Jutland on 31 May 1916. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in June 1918, and in 1920 joined H.M.S. Hood. He was shore pensioned from H.M.S. Vivid II, in November 1924.