Lot 13
A Battle of Jutland, Long Service Group of 4 awarded to Acting Leading Stoker Frederick Thomas Porter
Military Medals, Decorations and Orders On Land, at Sea, in the Air | E114
Auction: 7 September 2023 at 10:00 BST
Description
A Battle of Jutland, Long Service Group of 4 awarded to Acting Leading Stoker Frederick Thomas Porter, H.M.S. Benbow, Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Reserve, comprising 1914-15 Star, (K. 26035. F.T. Porter. St. 2. R.N.), 1914-1920 British War and Victory Medals (K.26035 F. T. Porter Act. L. Sto. R.N.), Royal Fleet Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, GVR, (K.26035 (Ch. B. 20079) F.T. Porter. L. Sto. R.F.R.), contemporarily mounted for wear, toned, British War and Victory fair, RFR LS&GC very fine. (4).
Frederick Thomas Porter was born on the 2nd of November 1895 at Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire. He had been working as a Farm Hand when he joined the Royal Navy for 12 years on the 13th of May 1915 and, after training at Pembroke II, was posted to H.M.S. Benbow on the 7th of October 1915, serving aboard her until the 17th of July 1916. H.M.S. Benbow was part of the 4th Battle Squadron at the Battle of Jutland, during which she fired forty 13.5‑inch armour piercing capped shells and sixty 6-inch rounds.
He served on a further twenty‑three ships including Pembroke, Astraea, Hecla, Renard, Violent, Columbine, Sandhurst, Cyclops, Blenheim, Diligence, Vulcan, Lowestoft, Dublin, Constance, Ajax, Marshall Soult, and Castor, until Discharged to Shore, time expired, on the 12th of May 1927, joining the Royal Fleet Reserve the following day. He was awarded the R.F.R. LS&GC in c.1934.
Sold with Copy Service Papers, Copy LS&GC Roll, Copy pictures of all ships
