Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Royal Navy L.S. & G.C. (2), G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (J.15683 F. J. Cullum, P.O., H.M.S. Suffolk); E.II.R., 2nd issue (K983804H J. T. Skeats MEMN1 HMS Dolphin); together with a R.N. submariner’s dolphin badge, gilt metal, very fine (2) £80-£100

Frederick James Cullum was born in Bristol on 14 May 1895. He enlisted into the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on 30 January 1912, being advanced to Boy 1st Class in August 1912. Cullum was promoted to Ordinary Seaman in May 1913 when on the dreadnought battleship Hercules, and to Able Seaman when on the same ship in November of the same year. He was serving on the destroyer Archer between June 1914 and March 1915, and as such was present on the vessel at the battle of Heligoland Bight on 28 August 1914. Promoted to Leading Seaman in July 1916 when on the sloop Azalea, he attained the rank of Petty Officer in January 1921 when on Tyman. Petty Officer Cullum was awarded the L.S. & G.C. Medal in 1926 when serving on the cruiser Suffolk.

H.M.S. Dolphin was the shore establishment at Fort Blockhouse, Gosport, the home of the R.N. Submarine Service and School between 1904 and 1999.