Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Sick Berth Chief Petty Officer R. W. Knight, Royal Navy, who served in H.M.S. Birkenhead at the Battle of Jutland

1914-15 Star (350749, R. W. Knight, S.B.S., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (350749 R. W. Knight. Ch. S.B.S. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (350749 R. W. Knight Sk. Bth. Stwd. H.M.S. Liverpool.) mounted as worn, toned, very fine (4) £100-£140

Robert Walter Knight was born on 23 September 1878, at Buckland, Hampshire, and commenced his naval service as a Sick Berth Attendant at the Royal Naval Hospital Haslar. He was advanced to Sick Berth Steward, Second Class, H.M.S. Marne, on 19 March 1904, and Sick Berth Steward, First Class, H.M.S. Excellent, on 15 August 1911. Awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in May 1915, he was appointed to H.M.S. Birkenhead in August 1915, and served in her at the Battle of Jutland. He was advanced Chief Sick Berth Steward, H.M.S. Birkenhead, on 1 May 1917, and was promoted Sick Berth Chief Petty Officer, H.M.S. Greenwich, on 5 August 1920. He was shore pensioned in May 1922.