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Five: Armourer G. W. Dyke, Royal Navy, who was among those lost when H.M.S. Hawke was torpedoed in the North Sea in October 1914
China 1900, 1 clasp, Relief of Pekin (G. W. Dyke, Armr., H.M.S. Barfleur); 1914-15 Star (136000, G. W. Dyke, Armr., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (136000. G. W. Dyke. Armr. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (G. W. Dyke, Armr. H.M.S. Barfleur.) impressed naming, together with his Memorial Plaque (George Walter Dyke) the Victorian medals with edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine, otherwise extremely fine
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George Walter Dyke was born at Landport, Hampshire on 24 June 1866, and joined the Royal Navy as Armourer’s Crew in February 1886, a whitesmith by trade. Advanced to Armourer’s Mate in August 1891 and to Armourer in January 1896, he witnessed active service in the Naval Brigade in China in 1900, when landed from H.M.S. Barfleur for the relief of Pekin. And he was still serving in the Barfleur when awarded the L.S. & G.C. Medal in April 1901.
Pensioned ashore in February 1908, Dyke was recalled as an Armourer in August 1914, when he joined the cruiser Hawke. Tragically, his new appointment was short-lived, for, on 15 October 1914, she was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea, off Aberdeen, by the German submarine U-9. Such was the rapidity of Hawke’s demise – she went down within minutes – just 70 of her ship’s company were rescued. Commanded by Otto Weddigen, the U-9 had already inflicted heavy loss of life when she torpedoed the Aboukir, Cressy and Hogue on 22 September, a loss amounting to 62 officers and 1,397 ratings.
Dyke, who was 48, left a widow, Ann, who was then living at Ufford Street in Lambeth, London. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial.
Sold with a quantity of original documentation, comprising the recipient’s Buckingham Palace memorial scroll, mounted on card, somewhat stained; two Admiralty letters addressed to his wife, reporting on his suspected loss in the Hawke, dated 19 and 23 October 1914; printed Admiralty message of condolence from the First Sea Lord Winston Churchill; a typescript of a sermon delivered by the vicar of Waterloo Road Chapel, Lambeth, on 13 December, in which the recipient is mentioned, together with two related newspaper cuttings reporting on his memorial service; his copy of The Holy Bible, with interior inscription from his mother, dated 27 October 1887; Admiralty forwarding letter for his Great War campaign medals, dated 15 May 1923, and named card box of issue for the pair; a quantity of official correspondence in respect of his widow’s pension; a commemorative scroll with the recipient’s C.W.G.C. entry to centre, torn; and an original studio portrait photograph of him, in uniform.
China 1900, 1 clasp, Relief of Pekin (G. W. Dyke, Armr., H.M.S. Barfleur); 1914-15 Star (136000, G. W. Dyke, Armr., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (136000. G. W. Dyke. Armr. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (G. W. Dyke, Armr. H.M.S. Barfleur.) impressed naming, together with his Memorial Plaque (George Walter Dyke) the Victorian medals with edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine, otherwise extremely fine
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Importation Duty
This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK
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George Walter Dyke was born at Landport, Hampshire on 24 June 1866, and joined the Royal Navy as Armourer’s Crew in February 1886, a whitesmith by trade. Advanced to Armourer’s Mate in August 1891 and to Armourer in January 1896, he witnessed active service in the Naval Brigade in China in 1900, when landed from H.M.S. Barfleur for the relief of Pekin. And he was still serving in the Barfleur when awarded the L.S. & G.C. Medal in April 1901.
Pensioned ashore in February 1908, Dyke was recalled as an Armourer in August 1914, when he joined the cruiser Hawke. Tragically, his new appointment was short-lived, for, on 15 October 1914, she was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea, off Aberdeen, by the German submarine U-9. Such was the rapidity of Hawke’s demise – she went down within minutes – just 70 of her ship’s company were rescued. Commanded by Otto Weddigen, the U-9 had already inflicted heavy loss of life when she torpedoed the Aboukir, Cressy and Hogue on 22 September, a loss amounting to 62 officers and 1,397 ratings.
Dyke, who was 48, left a widow, Ann, who was then living at Ufford Street in Lambeth, London. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial.
Sold with a quantity of original documentation, comprising the recipient’s Buckingham Palace memorial scroll, mounted on card, somewhat stained; two Admiralty letters addressed to his wife, reporting on his suspected loss in the Hawke, dated 19 and 23 October 1914; printed Admiralty message of condolence from the First Sea Lord Winston Churchill; a typescript of a sermon delivered by the vicar of Waterloo Road Chapel, Lambeth, on 13 December, in which the recipient is mentioned, together with two related newspaper cuttings reporting on his memorial service; his copy of The Holy Bible, with interior inscription from his mother, dated 27 October 1887; Admiralty forwarding letter for his Great War campaign medals, dated 15 May 1923, and named card box of issue for the pair; a quantity of official correspondence in respect of his widow’s pension; a commemorative scroll with the recipient’s C.W.G.C. entry to centre, torn; and an original studio portrait photograph of him, in uniform.
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Five: Armourer G. W. Dyke, Royal Navy, who was among those lost when H.M.S. Hawke was torpedoed in the North Sea in October 1914
China 1900, 1 clasp, Relief of Pekin (G. W. Dyke, Armr., H.M.S. Barfleur); 1914-15 Star (136000, G. W. Dyke, Armr., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (136000. G. W. Dyke. Armr. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (G. W. Dyke, Armr. H.M.S. Barfleur.) impressed naming, together with his Memorial Plaque (George Walter Dyke) the Victorian medals with edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine, otherwise extremely fine
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Importation Duty
This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK
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George Walter Dyke was born at Landport, Hampshire on 24 June 1866, and joined the Royal Navy as Armourer’s Crew in February 1886, a whitesmith by trade. Advanced to Armourer’s Mate in August 1891 and to Armourer in January 1896, he witnessed active service in the Naval Brigade in China in 1900, when landed from H.M.S. Barfleur for the relief of Pekin. And he was still serving in the Barfleur when awarded the L.S. & G.C. Medal in April 1901.
Pensioned ashore in February 1908, Dyke was recalled as an Armourer in August 1914, when he joined the cruiser Hawke. Tragically, his new appointment was short-lived, for, on 15 October 1914, she was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea, off Aberdeen, by the German submarine U-9. Such was the rapidity of Hawke’s demise – she went down within minutes – just 70 of her ship’s company were rescued. Commanded by Otto Weddigen, the U-9 had already inflicted heavy loss of life when she torpedoed the Aboukir, Cressy and Hogue on 22 September, a loss amounting to 62 officers and 1,397 ratings.
Dyke, who was 48, left a widow, Ann, who was then living at Ufford Street in Lambeth, London. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial.
Sold with a quantity of original documentation, comprising the recipient’s Buckingham Palace memorial scroll, mounted on card, somewhat stained; two Admiralty letters addressed to his wife, reporting on his suspected loss in the Hawke, dated 19 and 23 October 1914; printed Admiralty message of condolence from the First Sea Lord Winston Churchill; a typescript of a sermon delivered by the vicar of Waterloo Road Chapel, Lambeth, on 13 December, in which the recipient is mentioned, together with two related newspaper cuttings reporting on his memorial service; his copy of The Holy Bible, with interior inscription from his mother, dated 27 October 1887; Admiralty forwarding letter for his Great War campaign medals, dated 15 May 1923, and named card box of issue for the pair; a quantity of official correspondence in respect of his widow’s pension; a commemorative scroll with the recipient’s C.W.G.C. entry to centre, torn; and an original studio portrait photograph of him, in uniform.
China 1900, 1 clasp, Relief of Pekin (G. W. Dyke, Armr., H.M.S. Barfleur); 1914-15 Star (136000, G. W. Dyke, Armr., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (136000. G. W. Dyke. Armr. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (G. W. Dyke, Armr. H.M.S. Barfleur.) impressed naming, together with his Memorial Plaque (George Walter Dyke) the Victorian medals with edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine, otherwise extremely fine
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Importation Duty
This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK
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George Walter Dyke was born at Landport, Hampshire on 24 June 1866, and joined the Royal Navy as Armourer’s Crew in February 1886, a whitesmith by trade. Advanced to Armourer’s Mate in August 1891 and to Armourer in January 1896, he witnessed active service in the Naval Brigade in China in 1900, when landed from H.M.S. Barfleur for the relief of Pekin. And he was still serving in the Barfleur when awarded the L.S. & G.C. Medal in April 1901.
Pensioned ashore in February 1908, Dyke was recalled as an Armourer in August 1914, when he joined the cruiser Hawke. Tragically, his new appointment was short-lived, for, on 15 October 1914, she was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea, off Aberdeen, by the German submarine U-9. Such was the rapidity of Hawke’s demise – she went down within minutes – just 70 of her ship’s company were rescued. Commanded by Otto Weddigen, the U-9 had already inflicted heavy loss of life when she torpedoed the Aboukir, Cressy and Hogue on 22 September, a loss amounting to 62 officers and 1,397 ratings.
Dyke, who was 48, left a widow, Ann, who was then living at Ufford Street in Lambeth, London. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial.
Sold with a quantity of original documentation, comprising the recipient’s Buckingham Palace memorial scroll, mounted on card, somewhat stained; two Admiralty letters addressed to his wife, reporting on his suspected loss in the Hawke, dated 19 and 23 October 1914; printed Admiralty message of condolence from the First Sea Lord Winston Churchill; a typescript of a sermon delivered by the vicar of Waterloo Road Chapel, Lambeth, on 13 December, in which the recipient is mentioned, together with two related newspaper cuttings reporting on his memorial service; his copy of The Holy Bible, with interior inscription from his mother, dated 27 October 1887; Admiralty forwarding letter for his Great War campaign medals, dated 15 May 1923, and named card box of issue for the pair; a quantity of official correspondence in respect of his widow’s pension; a commemorative scroll with the recipient’s C.W.G.C. entry to centre, torn; and an original studio portrait photograph of him, in uniform.
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