Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Able Seaman P. L. Court, Royal Navy, who was wounded in action when H.M.S. Scott was sunk by UC-17 on 15 August 1918

1914-15 Star (211069. P. L. Court. A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (211069 P. L. Court. A.B. R.N.) nearly extremely fine (3) £80-£100

Percy Lawrence Court was born in Kentish Town, London, on 9 April 1885 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 8 August 1900. Promoted Able Seaman on 9 March 1905, he served during the Great War in a variety of ships and shore based establishments, including H.M.S. Scott from 11 July 1918. On 15 August 1918, while escorting a convoy from the Netherlands to England with the destroyer H.M.S. Ullswater, both Scott and Ullswater were torpedoed by UC-17 near the Dutch coast. Scott’s forward magazine exploded, causing her to sink with the loss of 22 crewmen and several more wounded. Court was amongst those wounded; he was shore demobilised on 1 March 1919, and joined the Royal Fleet Reserve the following day.

Sold with a postcard photograph of the recipient on his wedding day, and copied service record and other research.