A Great War 1917 ‘North Sea’ D.S.M. awarded to Engineman F. J. Cappleman, Royal Naval Reserve, for service with trawlers

Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (E.S.1223. F. J. Cappleman. Eng. R.N.R. North Sea. 9 Mar. 1917.) good very fine £500-£700

D.S.M. London Gazette 12 May 1917.

Francis James Cappleman was born in Scarborough, Yorkshire, in September 1882. He enrolled in the Royal Naval Reserve (Trawler Section) in November 1914, and served as Engineman in the trawlers Westward Ho; Dove and Thalia operating out of Hull during the Great War.