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Three: Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class A. F. C. Martin, Royal Navy, who was killed when...
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Three: Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class A. F. C. Martin, Royal Navy, who was killed when H.M.S. Tornado was mined in the North Sea in December 1917 1914-15 Star (M6707. A. F. C. Martin, Act. E.R.A. 4, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (M.6707 A. F. C. Martin. E.R.A. 3, R.N.); together with Memorial Plaque (Arthur Frederick Charles Martin) nearly extremely fine (4) £200-£240 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Arthur Frederich Charles Martin was born at Stonehouse, Devon on 28 February 1892, and entered the Royal Navy as an Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class in October 1913. By the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914, he was serving in the torpedo boat destroyer H.M.S. Quail and remained likewise employed in home waters until coming ashore in August 1917. Two months later, he returned to sea as an E.R.A. 3rd Class in the destroyer Tornado and he was among those lost when she was mined off the Maas light vessel on 23 December 1917. At the time of her loss, as part of the 10th Destroyer Flotilla in the Harwich Force, Tornado was waiting to escort a convoy back from the Netherlands, a task otherwise known as the ‘Beef Run’. At about 0200 hours on the 23rd, together with her consorts Surprise, Torrent and Radiant, she ran into an enemy minefield. On Torrent hitting a mine, Tornado and Surprise went to her assistance, but Torrent then struck another mine and sank. Tornado herself then struck two mines and rapidly went down, about the same time Surprise met a similar fate. Just the Radiant remained afloat to scoop up the survivors. only two survivors were picked up from Tornado with 75 killed. In total 12 officers and 240 ratings were killed from the three ships. The son of John and Georgina Martin of Hamoaze Place, Devonport, Martin is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial. Sold with the recipient’s Buckingham Palace memorial scroll, cut down and mounted on card, in the name of ‘E.R.A. 3cl. Arthur Frederick Charles Martin, H.M.S. Tornado’ and a portrait photograph.
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Three: Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class A. F. C. Martin, Royal Navy, who was killed when H.M.S. Tornado was mined in the North Sea in December 1917 1914-15 Star (M6707. A. F. C. Martin, Act. E.R.A. 4, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (M.6707 A. F. C. Martin. E.R.A. 3, R.N.); together with Memorial Plaque (Arthur Frederick Charles Martin) nearly extremely fine (4) £200-£240 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Arthur Frederich Charles Martin was born at Stonehouse, Devon on 28 February 1892, and entered the Royal Navy as an Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class in October 1913. By the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914, he was serving in the torpedo boat destroyer H.M.S. Quail and remained likewise employed in home waters until coming ashore in August 1917. Two months later, he returned to sea as an E.R.A. 3rd Class in the destroyer Tornado and he was among those lost when she was mined off the Maas light vessel on 23 December 1917. At the time of her loss, as part of the 10th Destroyer Flotilla in the Harwich Force, Tornado was waiting to escort a convoy back from the Netherlands, a task otherwise known as the ‘Beef Run’. At about 0200 hours on the 23rd, together with her consorts Surprise, Torrent and Radiant, she ran into an enemy minefield. On Torrent hitting a mine, Tornado and Surprise went to her assistance, but Torrent then struck another mine and sank. Tornado herself then struck two mines and rapidly went down, about the same time Surprise met a similar fate. Just the Radiant remained afloat to scoop up the survivors. only two survivors were picked up from Tornado with 75 killed. In total 12 officers and 240 ratings were killed from the three ships. The son of John and Georgina Martin of Hamoaze Place, Devonport, Martin is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial. Sold with the recipient’s Buckingham Palace memorial scroll, cut down and mounted on card, in the name of ‘E.R.A. 3cl. Arthur Frederick Charles Martin, H.M.S. Tornado’ and a portrait photograph.
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