VICTORY MEDAL TO SENIOR PETTY OFFICER BILES – KIA ON HMS BULWARK.

Victory Medal - 310314 J C Biles SPO RN
With Anchor brooch in HMS Bulwark tobacco tine.
Condition GVF.
John Charles Biles was a Kitchen Attendant from Southampton. He joined the Royal Navy in 1906. He was posted to HMS Bulwark in August 1914 and was killed on November 26th 1914, when the ship exploded due to improperly stored ammunition.

Seven hundred forty-one men were killed, with only a dozen ratings rescued. All the officers were killed in the accident.