Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Petty Officer First Class J. Hurst, Royal Navy
1914-15 Star (94627, J. Hurst, P.O.1., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (94627 J. Hurst. P.O.1 R.N.) nearly extremely fine

Three: Acting Leading Stoker J. Samways, Royal Navy, who supported the landing of the 3rd Australian Brigade at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915
1914-15 Star (SS.114826, J. Samways. Sto.1., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (SS.114826 J. Samways. Act. L. Sto. R.N.) very fine (6) £100-£140

John Hurst was born in Camberwell on 19 November 1860 and joined the Royal Navy as Boy 2nd Class on 22 February 1876. Four times sent to the cells between 1883 and 1886, he was advanced to the rank of Petty Officer 1st Class in H.M.S. Severn on 10 April 1891. Transferred to the Royal Fleet Reserve at Chatham 28 October 1901, Hurst was discharged due to age on 18 November 1910, but returned to serve during the Great War aboard Duchess of Devonshire from 18 November 1914 to 26 July 1915.

Jack Samways, a wine store shop assistant, was born in Nantwich on 18 May 1895. He joined the Royal Navy as Stoker 2nd Class on 18 September 1913 and served during the Great War in the pre-dreadnought battleship H.M.S. London. Present during the Gallipoli campaign, H.M.S. London supported the first day landings at Gaba Tepe and Anzac Cove on 25 April 1915, providing covering fire which helped to suppress the Ottoman artillery. Transferred to the Royal Fleet Reserve 6 March 1919, Samways was demobilised on 8 June 1920.

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