Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Able Seaman R. A. Strickland, H.M.S. Tipperary, Royal Navy, who was killed in action at the Battle of Jutland, 1 June 1916

1914-15 Star (SS.5547, R. A. Strickland, Ord., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (SS>5547 R. A. Strickland. A.B. R.N.) good very fine (3) £200-£240

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. Tipperary was launched on 5 March 1915 and was the flotilla leader of the 4th Destroyer Flotilla at the Battle of Jutland, where she was sunk with the loss of 150 of her crew.

Robert Arthur Strickland was born in Preston, Lancashire, on 27 November 1895 and joined the Royal Navy as an Ordinary Seaman on 11 March 1915. He served during the Great War in H.M.S. Tipperary from 2 June 1915, and was promoted Able Seaman on 17 May 1916. He was killed in action at the Battle of Jutland, when the Tipperary sank with the loss of 150 out of her crew of 197, and is commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.