RUSSIAN INTERVENTION CASUALTY GROUP
To Officers Steward Ayres of HMS Glowworm
1914/15 Star, correctly impressed L6251 J Ayres CS3 RN
British War Medal, correctly impressed L6251 J Ayres OS2 RN
Victory Medal, correctly impressed L6251 J Ayres OS2 RN
In boxes of issue
Condition GEF
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£450 - £550
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Hammer price:
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£700 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
Joseph Ayres was
born on the 4th of April 1897 in Shoreditch. He joined the Royal Navy in 1915
and saw service on HMS Excellent.
On the 1st of April
1919, he was posted to HMS Glowworm, serving as an Officers Steward 2nd class.
The ship sailed for Russia, and he was sadly killed at Archangel on the 25th of
August 1919.
Ayres, along with
sixteen other men and three officers, died after the ammunition caught fire and
exploded. A barge moored alongside HMS Glowworm caught fire, and the blaze
spread.
Joseph was buried
in Archangel Allied Cemetery.
A very rare group.
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