Royal Navy LSGC Medal group. 1913-1945. Gallipoli landings HMS Euryalus

A fascinating Naval group spanning two world wars. Includes service at Gallipoli, on the famous HMS Euryalus, and service against the Bolsheviks. A Royal Navy Long Service and Good Conduct group, awarded to J22214 Edward Alexander Bowhey, Petty Officer, HMS Sterling, comprising 1914-15 star, War medal, Victory medal, WWII star, Africa star, Italy star, War medal and LSGC medal, with copy of service certificate (to 1929) plus an extensive typed biography with photographs of ships served on. Extract showing his entitlement to the WW2 medals is included. Condition: Court mounted, as worn. Date of Birth: 1st December 1895. (11 Ottoway Street Stoke Newington).

Enlisted : 30 Jan 1913 (Devonport, Plymouth). Died: Plymouth, Devon December 1963. Vivid I (Seamanship, Signalling and Telegraphy School in Devonport).

Boy 2nd Class: 30 Jan 1913 - 20 Apr 1913. Boy 2nd class: 21 Apr 1913 - 29 Apr 1913. Boy 1st Class: 29 Apr 1913 - 1 Sep 1913.

Launched 7 Oct 1903, Completed 29 May 1905. Reserve 2nd Fleet Devonport and subsequently became the flagship of the 5th Cruiser Squadron until the start of World War I.

She participated in the fleet manoeuvres in July to August 1913. Pembroke I (Chatham shore establishment). Boy 1st Class: 2 Sep 1913 - 7 Nov 1913. Boy 1st Class: 7 Nov 1913 - 30 Nov 1913. Ordinary Seaman: 1 Dec 1913 - 31 Jul 1913. Launched 6 Jan 1904, commissioned Jan 1905. She completed to Active Complement at Chatham 7 November, 1913. Ordinary Seaman: 1 Aug 1914 - 30 Sep 1914. Able Seaman: 1 Oct 1914 19 Mar 1916. Launched 20 May 1901, Completed 5 Jan 1904. 7th Cruiser Squadron nicknamed the. Covered the landing of the British expeditionary Force in France 7 to 16 Aug 1914. Were on patrol in the Broad Fourteen when.

Had to return to port to re-coal. The three remaining cruisers were sunk by the German Submarine U-9. Were transferred to 12th Cruiser Squadron. Became flagship of Rear Admiral Richard Pierse, CinC East Indies Station and was sent to Egypt in January 1915 to reinforce the Suez Canal defences.

On 15 April 1915, Euryalus became flagship of Rear Admiral Rosslyn Wemyss, commander of the Gallipoli landings at Cape Helles. Put ashore three companies of 1st Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers at W beach (they won 6 VCs before breakfast). The Fusiliers lost 11 Officers and 350 men. 63 of the 80 Euryalus ratings manning the boats were killed or wounded.

Bombarded Turkish positions during the second battle of Krithia on 6 May 1915. The evacuation of 80,000 men from Gallipoli was organised, by Wemyss, from. Ordinary Seaman: 20 Mar 1916 - 23 Aug 1916.

Ordinary Seaman: 24 Aug 1916 - 4 Oct 1917. Leading seaman: 5 Oct 1917 - 8 Jan 1918. Launched 6 Jan 1916, Commissioned August 1916. Was assigned to the 5th Light Cruiser Squadron, which operated as a part of Harwich Force in the North Sea to defend the eastern approaches to the Strait of Dover and English Channel. On 5 June 1917 she and the light cruisers HMS.

Sank the German torpedo boat. In the North Sea near the Schouwen Bank off Zeebrugge, Belgium.

Leading Seaman: 9 Jan 1918 - 14 Feb 1919. Petty Officer: 15 Feb 1919 - 11 Jun 1919. Launched 5 May 1917, Commissioned 18 Jan 1918.

Briefly assigned to the Atlantic Fleet in early 1919. Was deployed to the Baltic in May to support anti-Bolshevik forces during the British campaign in the Baltic during the Russian Civil War. On 7 May 1919, Rear-Admiral.

When she struck a mine with her stern, 70 miles (110km) east of Reval now. One crewman was killed and three injured by the explosion. Cowan, who was taking a bath at the time, was dumped out of the bath, running to the bridge dressed only in an overcoat until clothing could be brought up from his "day cabin".

Was able to reach a speed of 9 knots (17km/h; 10mph) after some repairs and reached Reval later that day. For the last 500 miles (800km) to the.

12 Jun 1919 - 31 Jul 1919 Invalided. 1 Aug 1919 - 18 Jan 1921. Petty Officer: 19 Jan 1921 - 31 Jan 1921.

Defiance (Devonport torpedo and mining schoolship). Petty Officer: 1 Feb 1921 - 28 Jan 1921. Vivid III (Royal Naval Division Trawler Section, Devonport, Plymouth). Petty Officer: 29 Jun 1921 - 2 May 1922.

Petty Officer: 3 May 1922 - 3 May 1922 - 11 Aug 1922. Petty Officer: 12 Aug 1922 - 31 Dec 1922. Petty Officer: 1 Jan 1922 - 2 Jul 1924. Launched 4 Nov 1914, Commissioned 19 Feb 1916.

1st Battle Squadron, Atlantic Fleet. Petty Officer: 3 Jul 1924 - 4 Jul 1925.

Petty Officer: 5 Jul 1925 - 18 Aug 1925. Petty Officer: 19 Aug 1925 - 31 Dec 1925. Vivid II (Stokers and Engine Room Artificers School in Devonport, Plymouth).

Petty Officer: 1 Jan 1926 - 27 Jan 1926. Petty Officer: 28 Jan 1926 - 2 May 1926. Columbine naval Base at Port Edgar, Firth of Forth.

Petty Officer: 3 May 1926 - 31 May 1928. Launched 14 Feb 1918, Commissioned 2 Apr 1918. From 1926 part of 6th Destroyer Flotilla, Atlantic Fleet. Petty Officer: 1 Jun 1928 - 3 Sep 1928.

Petty Officer: 4 Sep 1928 - 9 Aug 1929. Petty Officer: 10 Aug 1929 - 22 Jan 1932. Launched 8 Oct 1918, Completed Mar 1919. Re-commissioned at Hong Kong on 1 October, 1929 for continued service with the Eighth Destroyer Flotilla.

Records (ADM 363/353/20) state Bowhey. Also, Bowhey received his LSGC medal on 26 Oct 1930.

Petty Officer: 23 Jan 1932 - 21 Apr 1932. Was scrapped 25 Aug 1932. Petty Officer: 22 Apr 1932 - 29 Jul 1932.

Petty Officer: 30 Jul 1932 - 1 May 1933. Petty Officer: 2 May 1933 - 28 Aug 1933. Amazon : Launched 27 Jan 1926, Commissioned 5 May 1927, was a prototype design of destroyer ordered for the Royal Navy in. She was designed and built by Thornycroft in response to an admiralty request for a new design of destroyer incorporating the lessons and technological advances of the First World War. Was easily recognisable by her slab-sided funnels, characteristic of Thornycroft vessels.

Unlike earlier designs, which were designed for home fleet service, they were designed for colonial use, with higher freeboard, cruising turbines and better ventilation. Such was the Navy's satisfaction with the design that they formed the basis of the next 77 subsequent destroyers, often known as the "interwar standard", up to (but not including) the Tribal class of 1936. Petty Officer: 29 Aug 1933 - 17 Oct 1933. Petty Officer: 18 Oct 1933 - 12 May 1934.

Launched 25 Jul 1930, Commissioned 8 Apr 31. Commissioned at Devonport on 10 June, 1931 for duty with the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean that would extend into at least mid-1934. Petty Officer: 12 May 1934 - 4 Mar 1935. Chief Petty Officer: 5 Mar 1935 - 14 Apr 1936.

Launched 16 Oct 1913, Commissioned 22 Dec 1914. Chief Petty Officer: 18 Apr 1936 - 20 May 1937.

21 May 1937 Shore Pensioned: CPO (Pens). CPO (Pens): 15 Oct 1940 - 8 Jun 1941. Home Base Ledger: CPO (Pens): 9 Jun 1941 - 15 Aug 1941. Excellent II (Royal Navy Gunnery School, Whale Island, Portsmouth). CPO (Pens): 16 Aug 1941 - 10 Nov 1941. CPO (Pens): 11 Nov 1941. The un-researched WWII medals 1939-45 Star, Africa Star Italy star and War Medal suggest service in the Mediterranean. I have an extract (from pay and victualling ledgers) obtained from Royal Navy Records which indicate CPO Bowhey served from Cabot 11 Nov 1941 to 10 Mar 1943.

The extract shows short periods of'Duty' (the longest being 6 days). I also obtained a copy (from the Royal Navy) of his entitlement to both the Africa star and the Italy star (as well as the other three WW2 medals). Had service in those theatres. This is particularly the case for me who served as gun crew on Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships or in Combined Operations, whose records only show where they were being administered from and not where they were actually serving. The item "Royal Navy LSGC Medal group.

Gallipoli landings HMS Euryalus" is in sale since Monday, November 8, 2021. This item is in the category "Collectables\Militaria\World War I (1914-1918)\Medals/ Ribbons". The seller is "nigel315" and is located in Melrose. This item can be shipped worldwide.

Conflict: World War I (1914-1918)
Service: Navy
Country/ Organization: Great Britain
Featured Refinements: Royal Navy Medal
Era: 1914-1945
Type: Medals & Ribbons