A Collection of Medals for the Battle of Jutland

Five: Petty Officer E. H. Spiller, H.M.S. Valiant, Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (188091, E. H. Spiller, P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (188091. E. H. Spiller. P.O. R.N.); Defence Medal; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (188091 E. H. Spiller, P.O. H.M.S. Snipe.) good very fine (5) £120-£160

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. Valiant was launched on 4 November 1914 and was part of the 5th Battle Squadron at the Battle of Jutland, where she fired a total of 288 fifteen-inch shells during the Battle.

Edwin Henry Spiller was born in Musbury, Devon, on 2 June 1880 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on 30 April 1896. Advanced Petty Officer on 1 November 1912, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 28 July 1913, and served during the Great War in H.M.S. Valiant from 13 January 1916 to the end of the War. Shore pensioned on 24 June 1920, he subsequently joined the Royal Fleet Reserve on 26 June 1921.