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Three: Stoker First Class F. G. Bursnall, Royal Naval Reserve, who was among those lost...
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Three: Stoker First Class F. G. Bursnall, Royal Naval Reserve, who was among those lost when the cruiser H.M.S. Cressy was torpedoed and sunk by the U-9 in the North Sea on 22 September 1914, a fate shared by her consorts Aboukir and Hogue on the same occasion
1914-15 Star (U.1734, F. G. Bursnall, Sto., R.N.R.); British War and Victory Medals (1734U. F. G. Bursnall, Sto. R.N.R.)), together with Memorial Plaque (Francis George Bursnall) in its card envelope, good very fine (4) £200-£260
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Francis George Bursnall was born in Boston, Lincolnshire on 26 May 1865, and was employed by the Wilson Line, operating out of Hull, on the outbreak of hostilities. He had earlier seen action in the Boer War in the Lincolnshire Regiment and had enrolled in the Royal Naval Reserve in 1904.
Mobilised from the reserves in August 1914, he joined the cruiser H.M.S. Cressy in the 7th Cruiser Flotilla and was among those lost when she was torpedoed off the ‘Broad Fourteens’ in the North Sea on 22 September 1914, in company with her consorts Aboukir and Hogue. About 30 minutes after being hit, the Cressy toppled over, keel uppermost, ‘like some incongruous tombstone.’
Owing to their being obsolete. poorly armed and armoured, the ships of the 7th Cruiser Squadron were nicknamed ‘The Live Bait Squadron’: it was a prescient accolade, for 62 officers and 1,397 men were killed on that fateful day in September 1914, one of the greatest disasters to befall the Royal Navy in the Great War.
Aged 46, Bursnall was the husband of Mrs. E. Bursnall of 2 Nevill’s Terrace, Vauxhall Grove, Hessle Road, Hull. He is commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial.
Sold with copied local newspaper reports, one with a portrait photograph of the recipient.
1914-15 Star (U.1734, F. G. Bursnall, Sto., R.N.R.); British War and Victory Medals (1734U. F. G. Bursnall, Sto. R.N.R.)), together with Memorial Plaque (Francis George Bursnall) in its card envelope, good very fine (4) £200-£260
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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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Francis George Bursnall was born in Boston, Lincolnshire on 26 May 1865, and was employed by the Wilson Line, operating out of Hull, on the outbreak of hostilities. He had earlier seen action in the Boer War in the Lincolnshire Regiment and had enrolled in the Royal Naval Reserve in 1904.
Mobilised from the reserves in August 1914, he joined the cruiser H.M.S. Cressy in the 7th Cruiser Flotilla and was among those lost when she was torpedoed off the ‘Broad Fourteens’ in the North Sea on 22 September 1914, in company with her consorts Aboukir and Hogue. About 30 minutes after being hit, the Cressy toppled over, keel uppermost, ‘like some incongruous tombstone.’
Owing to their being obsolete. poorly armed and armoured, the ships of the 7th Cruiser Squadron were nicknamed ‘The Live Bait Squadron’: it was a prescient accolade, for 62 officers and 1,397 men were killed on that fateful day in September 1914, one of the greatest disasters to befall the Royal Navy in the Great War.
Aged 46, Bursnall was the husband of Mrs. E. Bursnall of 2 Nevill’s Terrace, Vauxhall Grove, Hessle Road, Hull. He is commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial.
Sold with copied local newspaper reports, one with a portrait photograph of the recipient.
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Three: Stoker First Class F. G. Bursnall, Royal Naval Reserve, who was among those lost when the cruiser H.M.S. Cressy was torpedoed and sunk by the U-9 in the North Sea on 22 September 1914, a fate shared by her consorts Aboukir and Hogue on the same occasion
1914-15 Star (U.1734, F. G. Bursnall, Sto., R.N.R.); British War and Victory Medals (1734U. F. G. Bursnall, Sto. R.N.R.)), together with Memorial Plaque (Francis George Bursnall) in its card envelope, good very fine (4) £200-£260
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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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Francis George Bursnall was born in Boston, Lincolnshire on 26 May 1865, and was employed by the Wilson Line, operating out of Hull, on the outbreak of hostilities. He had earlier seen action in the Boer War in the Lincolnshire Regiment and had enrolled in the Royal Naval Reserve in 1904.
Mobilised from the reserves in August 1914, he joined the cruiser H.M.S. Cressy in the 7th Cruiser Flotilla and was among those lost when she was torpedoed off the ‘Broad Fourteens’ in the North Sea on 22 September 1914, in company with her consorts Aboukir and Hogue. About 30 minutes after being hit, the Cressy toppled over, keel uppermost, ‘like some incongruous tombstone.’
Owing to their being obsolete. poorly armed and armoured, the ships of the 7th Cruiser Squadron were nicknamed ‘The Live Bait Squadron’: it was a prescient accolade, for 62 officers and 1,397 men were killed on that fateful day in September 1914, one of the greatest disasters to befall the Royal Navy in the Great War.
Aged 46, Bursnall was the husband of Mrs. E. Bursnall of 2 Nevill’s Terrace, Vauxhall Grove, Hessle Road, Hull. He is commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial.
Sold with copied local newspaper reports, one with a portrait photograph of the recipient.
1914-15 Star (U.1734, F. G. Bursnall, Sto., R.N.R.); British War and Victory Medals (1734U. F. G. Bursnall, Sto. R.N.R.)), together with Memorial Plaque (Francis George Bursnall) in its card envelope, good very fine (4) £200-£260
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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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Francis George Bursnall was born in Boston, Lincolnshire on 26 May 1865, and was employed by the Wilson Line, operating out of Hull, on the outbreak of hostilities. He had earlier seen action in the Boer War in the Lincolnshire Regiment and had enrolled in the Royal Naval Reserve in 1904.
Mobilised from the reserves in August 1914, he joined the cruiser H.M.S. Cressy in the 7th Cruiser Flotilla and was among those lost when she was torpedoed off the ‘Broad Fourteens’ in the North Sea on 22 September 1914, in company with her consorts Aboukir and Hogue. About 30 minutes after being hit, the Cressy toppled over, keel uppermost, ‘like some incongruous tombstone.’
Owing to their being obsolete. poorly armed and armoured, the ships of the 7th Cruiser Squadron were nicknamed ‘The Live Bait Squadron’: it was a prescient accolade, for 62 officers and 1,397 men were killed on that fateful day in September 1914, one of the greatest disasters to befall the Royal Navy in the Great War.
Aged 46, Bursnall was the husband of Mrs. E. Bursnall of 2 Nevill’s Terrace, Vauxhall Grove, Hessle Road, Hull. He is commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial.
Sold with copied local newspaper reports, one with a portrait photograph of the recipient.
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