World War Medals

Awarded to Deck Hand J. Grimmer, Royal Naval Reserve. For service in action with enemy submarines. Distinguished Service Medal, (G. V. R) impressed named DA. PRIDE OF BUCHAN, AUX PATROL 1918. Comes with copies service record, medal rolls, London Gazette extract and 1911 census. Note: The impressed naming runs the entireity of the medal rim! London Gazette 20 September 1918. This gazette covers 1 January 1918 30 June 1918 and was for service in action with enemy submarines. John William Grimmer was born at Martham, Norfolk in March 1876. A seaman by trade he enlisted in the Royal Naval Reserve on 6/4/1915. He served on the Pride of Buchan from July? 1915 to 1/12/1918 as a deck hand. The Pride of Buchan was a drifter built in 1908 and hired by the Admiralty 1915 1919 as a net vessel for the Dover Barrage. The Dover Barrage consisted of a 25km series of so-called light steel indicator nets anchored to the sea bed at various depths and used to effectively capture enemy submarines by entanglement. The indicator nets were accompanied by minefield layers, also at various depths. Finally, British destroyers were deployed to patrol the area. He was awarded his D. Also entitled to the 1914 – 15 Star, War and Victory medals. We list militaria and coins weekly. We provide quality mounted medals, badges and historical research. We can mount your miniature or full size medals, ribbon bars or supply replacement ribbons or badges. We can also conduct military research on your behalf and value cherished objects with a current market or insured value. We run two specialist military auctions per year. Items are accurately described & photographed. Additional costs for this standard service will be added for this service based on publicly available Australia Post rates. Please note, these items are located and will be posted from Australia. We appreciate fair feedback from you once you receive the item. We aim to give you, the customer our best customer service. The item “ANTI SUBMARINE ACTION 1918 WW1 DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL J. G. GRIMMER NAVY” is in sale since Sunday, September 5, 2021. This item is in the category “Collectables\Militaria\1914 – 1918 (WWI)”. The seller is “jb_military_antiques_14″ and is located in 2/135 Russell St, Morley, Perth, WA. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Modified Item: No
• Campaign: World War I
• Theme: Militaria
• Product Type: Medals
• Original/Reproduction: Original
• Era: 1910s
• Country: Britain