A Collection of Medals for the Battle of Jutland

Three: Chief Engine Room Artificer C. O. T. Merrifield, H.M.S. Hercules, Royal Navy

British War and Victory Medals (M.3842 C. O. T. Merrifield E.R.A.4. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (M.3842 C. O. T. Merrifield E.R.A.1. H.M.S. Vivid.) polished, contact marks, very fine (3) £80-£100

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

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The dreadnought battleship H.M.S. Hercules was launched on 10 May 1910 and was part of the 1st Battle Squadron at the Battle of Jutland, where she fired a total of 98 twelve-inch shells and 15 four-inch shells during the battle.

Cedric Owen Trevanion Merrifield was born in Bodmin, Cornwall, on 23 June 1896 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Artificer on 29 December 1911. He joined H.M.S. Hercules on 4 March 1916, and served in her for the rest of the Great War, being confirmed in the rate of Engine Room Artificer Fourth Class on 30 November 1917. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 17 August 1929, and was Chief Engine Room Artificer Second Class on 19 May 1933. He was shore pensioned on 22 June 1936, but was recalled on 28 September 1938, before being shore invalided, permanently unfit for Naval Service, on 11 May 1940.

Sold with copied record of service and medal roll extracts.