Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Seven: Able Seaman (Pensioner) H. L. W. Young, Royal Navy, whose service during the Great War had been recognised by the award of a Royal Naval M.S.M. in 1919; he re-engaged in April 1937 and was killed in action when his ship H.M.S. Kelly (Captain Lord Louis Mountbatten) was torpedoed during the Battle of Norway in May 1940

1914-15 Star (J.21506, H. L. I. Young, A.B., R.N.) note incorrect third initial; British War and Victory Medals (J. 21506 H. L. W. Young. A.B. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (J. 21506 H. L. W. Young. A.B. H.M.S. Medway.; Royal Naval Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R. (J. 21506 H. L. W. Young. A.B., “Zephyr” Patrol 1918); 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45, the Great War awards polished, otherwise nearly very fine, others very fine or better (7) £600-£800

Royal Naval M.S.M. London Gazette 11 April 1919. Awarded for services during the period 1 July to 11 November 1918, patrol destroyers Irish Sea Flotilla 1918.

Henry Lewis Wade Young was born in London on 29 April 1897, and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on 16 November 1912. He had advanced to Ordinary Seaman in March 1915 and was rated Able Seaman from June 1915. He re-engaged on 29 April 1927 as A.B. (Pensioner) with new Official No. C./J.X.152921. He was killed in action when H.M.S. Kelly was torpedoed and badly damaged by the German motor torpedo boat S 31 on 9 May 1940, with the loss of 27 crew. He was buried at sea in the Skagerrak Strait and is commemorated by name on the Chatham Naval Memorial.

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