Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Chief Electrical Artificer G. Hemmingfield, H.M.S. Warspite, Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (M.7814. G. Hemmingfield. E.A.4 R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (M.7814 G. Hemmingfield.E.R.A.3 [sic]. R.N.); Coronation 1911, St John Ambulance Brigade issue (Pte. G. Hemmingfield); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue with fixed suspension (M.7814 G. Hemmingfield. C.E.A. 2 H.M.S. Queen Elizabeth) nearly very fine or better (5) £160-£200

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

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The battleship H.M.S. Warspite was launched on 26 November 1913 and was part of the 5th Battle Squadron at the Battle of Jutland, where she was hit 13 times by ‘large projectiles’ during the Battle, several of them when her helm jammed and forced her out of line. Making an involuntary circle at ‘Windy Corner’, she became the prime target of the ‘big guns’ of the High Seas Fleet, suffering 14 men killed and 16 wounded.

Gilbert Hemmingfield was born in Sheffield on 30 June 1889, and joined the Royal Navy as an Acting Electircal Artificer Fourth Class on 30 June 1914. He served during the Great War in H.M.S. Warspite from 5 April 1915 to 1 February 1921, and was advanced Chief Electrical Artificer Second Class on 30 May 1928.

Sold with copied record of service.