Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Able Seaman A. E. Alford, H.M.S. Owl, Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (J.13340, A. E. Alford, A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (J.13340. A. E. Alford. A.B. R.N.) very fine (3) £60-£80

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

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The destroyer H.M.S. Owl was launched on 7 July 1913 and was part of the 4th Destroyer Flotilla at the Battle of Jutland.

Alfred Edward Alford was born in Slough, Buckinghamshire, on 18 November 1893 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on 31 August 1911. Advanced Able Seaman on 14 November 1913, he served during the Great War in H.M.S. Owl from the outbreak of War. He was shore discharged, time expired, on 17 November 1923.