Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War D.S.M. group of five awarded to Petty Officer H. F. A. Shelton, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his service with Naval Siege Guns in Flanders in 1917, and was killed in action during the Second War when H.M.S. Foxglove was dive-bombed off the Isle of Wight on 9 July 1940

Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (237371 H. F. A. Shelton, Lg. Sea. R.N. Siege Guns. Flanders 1917); 1914-15 Star Star (237371, H. F. A. Shelton, A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (237371, H. F. A. Shelton, L.S.., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (237371 H. F. A. Shelton, P.O., H.M.S. Curacoa) contact marks and polished, therefore good fine and better (5) £800-£1,200

Provenance: Captain K. J. Douglas-Morris Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, 12 February 1997

D.S.M. London Gazette 16 March 1918:
‘For services with the Royal Navy Siege Guns in France.’

Henry Frederick Augustus Shelton was born in Portsmouth on 5 April 1891 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on 24 September 1906. He served during the Great War in a variety of ships and shore based establishments, including with the Siege Guns in France from 16 August 1916 to 22 October 1917, and was advanced Leading Seaman on 21 March 1917. For his services with the Siege Guns he was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal. Promoted Petty Officer on 1 March 1922, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1925. Remaining in the Service, he was killed in action during the Second World War when H.M.S. Foxglove was dive-bombed off the Isle of Wight on 9 July 1940. He is buried in Haslar Royal Naval Cemetery, Hampshire.