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The Battle of Jutland. One edition. £10.00

The Destroyer Nestor Closes To Within 3,000 Yards Of The Enemy To Fire The Torpedoes. One edition. £10.00

Boy (First Class) J. T. Cornwell Of The Chester Though Mortally wounded, Stands At His Post Amid The dead And Wounded Guns Crew. One edition. £10.00

Flight Lieutenant Saving A Wounded Seaman Who Had Fallen Into The Sea. One edition. £10.00

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The Battle of Jutland. As time passed the British gunners got the range and the Germans bean to suffer heavily. Time after time salvos of shells from the great British guns crashed down on to the enemys ships.

The Destroyer Nestor Closes To Within 3,000 Yards Of The Enemy To Fire The Torpedoes. Sighting the enemy battle fleet, Commander Bingham, in the Nestor, followed by the one remaining destroyer of his division (Nicator) with dauntless courage closed to within 3,000 yards of the enemy in order to attain a favourable position for firing the torpedoes. While making this attack, Nicator were under concentrated fire of the secondary batteries of the High Sea Fleet. Commander Bingham was awarded the V.C. for the extremely gallant way in he led his division.

Boy (First Class) J. T. Cornwell Of The Chester Though Mortally wounded, Stands At His Post Amid The dead And Wounded Guns Crew. The incident which appealed most strongly to the nation was one in which the hero was one of the most junior in the fleet. Boy (First Class) John Travers Cornwall, of the Chester, was mortally wounded early in the action. He nevertheless remained standing alone at a most exposed post, quietly awaiting orders until the end of the action, with the guns crew dead and wounded all round him. Admiral Beatty recommended his case for special recognition, and an award of the V.C. was made.

Flight Lieutenant Saving A Wounded Seaman Who Had Fallen Into The Sea. While a wounded seaman was being passed across in a stretcher, from a cruiser Warrior to the seaplane-carrier Engadine, the rolling of the ships threw him into the water. Flight-Lieutenant Rutland at once jumped overboard and, thanks to his aid, the wounded man was hoisted on board the Engadine, but unfortunately he had been so badly crushed that life was already extinct, Lieutenant Rutland was awarded the Albert Medal for his gallant action, and he also received the D.S.C. for his valuable flying services.