Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Engineer Commander W. J. Bond, H.M.S. Yarmouth, Royal Navy, who died in service on 3 October 1940

1914-15 Star (Eng. Lt. W. J. Bond, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Eng. Lt. W. J. Bond. R.N.) generally good very fine (3) £240-£280

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

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The light cruiser H.M.S. Yarmouth was launched on 12 April 1911 and was part of the 3rd Light Cruiser Squadron at the Battle of Jutland.

William Jeffery Bond was commissioned Engineer Sub-Lieutenant on 1 July 1906, and was promoted Engineer Lieutenant on 1 October 1911. He served during the Great War in H.M.S. Yarmouth from 2 September 1915 to January 1918, and was promoted Engineer Lieutenant-Commander on 1 October 1919, and Engineer Commander on 30 June 1927. He transferred to the Retired List in 1934, but was recalled to the Service following the outbreak of the Second World War, and died whilst serving in H.M.S. Pembroke on 3 October 1940. He is buried in Gillingham (Woodlands) Cemetery, Kent.