Four: Stoker Petty Officer J. F. Oliver, H.M.S. Minotaur, Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (K.6069. J. F. Oliver. Act. L. Sto., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (K.6069. J. F. Oliver. S.P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (K.6069. J. F. Oliver, S.P.O. H.M.S. Conquest.) contact marks, worn and polished, therefore fair (4) £120-£160

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals for the Battle of Jutland.

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The armoured cruiser H.M.S. Minotaur was launched on 6 June 1906 and was the flagship of the 2nd Cruiser Squadron at the Battle of Jutland.

James Frederick Oliver was born in Marylebone, London, on 30 April 1891, and enlisted in the Royal Navy on 27 April 1910. He served during the Great War in H.M.S. Minotaur, initially as part of the Northern Patrol. Appointed Stoker Petty Officer on 15 August 1918, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in May 1925. Shore pensioned on 26 April 1932, he was recalled on 25 September 1938, and served during the Second World War in H.M.S. Despatch from 31 July 1939 to 2 April 1941 in the South Atlantic and Caribbean. He latterly served in H.M.S. Duke before demobilisation on 27 September 1945.

Sold with copied record of service.