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A Second War M.B.E. group of five awarded to Commissioned Master-at-Arms G. H. Prentice,...
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A Second War M.B.E. group of five awarded to Commissioned Master-at-Arms G. H. Prentice, Royal Navy, who served in H.M.S. Centurion at the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916, and later in the Armed Merchant Cruiser Audonia when she was torpedoed and sunk off Iceland on 16 June 1940
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E., (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; 1914-15 Star (J.20532, G. H. Prentice, A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (J.20532 G. H. Prentice. L.S. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (M.39549 G. H. Prentice. R.P.O. H.M.S. Adventure) the Great War trio heavily polished and worn, therefore fair; the LS&GC better; the MBE good very fine (5) £240-£280
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M.B.E. London Gazette 2 June 1943.
George Harcourt Prentice was born in Sudbury, Suffolk, on 14 October 1896 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class in September 1912. He served throughout the Great War in the Battleship H.M.S. Centurion, and was present at the Battle of Jutland on 31 May 1916. Advanced Regulating Petty Officer in November 1925, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in March 1930, and was promoted Master-at-Arms in January 1932. He saw further service during the Second World War, including in the Armed Merchant Cruiser Ardania which was torpedoed and sunk off Iceland on 16 June 1940, and was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 1943 Birthday Honours’ List. Advanced Commissioned Master-at-Arms, he died in Vauxhall, London, on 6 October 1951.
Sold with a copy Arctic Star; and copied research.
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E., (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; 1914-15 Star (J.20532, G. H. Prentice, A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (J.20532 G. H. Prentice. L.S. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (M.39549 G. H. Prentice. R.P.O. H.M.S. Adventure) the Great War trio heavily polished and worn, therefore fair; the LS&GC better; the MBE good very fine (5) £240-£280
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M.B.E. London Gazette 2 June 1943.
George Harcourt Prentice was born in Sudbury, Suffolk, on 14 October 1896 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class in September 1912. He served throughout the Great War in the Battleship H.M.S. Centurion, and was present at the Battle of Jutland on 31 May 1916. Advanced Regulating Petty Officer in November 1925, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in March 1930, and was promoted Master-at-Arms in January 1932. He saw further service during the Second World War, including in the Armed Merchant Cruiser Ardania which was torpedoed and sunk off Iceland on 16 June 1940, and was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 1943 Birthday Honours’ List. Advanced Commissioned Master-at-Arms, he died in Vauxhall, London, on 6 October 1951.
Sold with a copy Arctic Star; and copied research.
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A Second War M.B.E. group of five awarded to Commissioned Master-at-Arms G. H. Prentice, Royal Navy, who served in H.M.S. Centurion at the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916, and later in the Armed Merchant Cruiser Audonia when she was torpedoed and sunk off Iceland on 16 June 1940
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E., (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; 1914-15 Star (J.20532, G. H. Prentice, A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (J.20532 G. H. Prentice. L.S. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (M.39549 G. H. Prentice. R.P.O. H.M.S. Adventure) the Great War trio heavily polished and worn, therefore fair; the LS&GC better; the MBE good very fine (5) £240-£280
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M.B.E. London Gazette 2 June 1943.
George Harcourt Prentice was born in Sudbury, Suffolk, on 14 October 1896 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class in September 1912. He served throughout the Great War in the Battleship H.M.S. Centurion, and was present at the Battle of Jutland on 31 May 1916. Advanced Regulating Petty Officer in November 1925, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in March 1930, and was promoted Master-at-Arms in January 1932. He saw further service during the Second World War, including in the Armed Merchant Cruiser Ardania which was torpedoed and sunk off Iceland on 16 June 1940, and was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 1943 Birthday Honours’ List. Advanced Commissioned Master-at-Arms, he died in Vauxhall, London, on 6 October 1951.
Sold with a copy Arctic Star; and copied research.
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E., (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; 1914-15 Star (J.20532, G. H. Prentice, A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (J.20532 G. H. Prentice. L.S. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (M.39549 G. H. Prentice. R.P.O. H.M.S. Adventure) the Great War trio heavily polished and worn, therefore fair; the LS&GC better; the MBE good very fine (5) £240-£280
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M.B.E. London Gazette 2 June 1943.
George Harcourt Prentice was born in Sudbury, Suffolk, on 14 October 1896 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class in September 1912. He served throughout the Great War in the Battleship H.M.S. Centurion, and was present at the Battle of Jutland on 31 May 1916. Advanced Regulating Petty Officer in November 1925, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in March 1930, and was promoted Master-at-Arms in January 1932. He saw further service during the Second World War, including in the Armed Merchant Cruiser Ardania which was torpedoed and sunk off Iceland on 16 June 1940, and was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 1943 Birthday Honours’ List. Advanced Commissioned Master-at-Arms, he died in Vauxhall, London, on 6 October 1951.
Sold with a copy Arctic Star; and copied research.
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