Lot 330
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Seven: Stoker Petty Officer J.C. Cole, Royal Navy, 1914-15 Star (170050 S.P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (170050 S.P.O., R.N.); Royal Victorian Medal, G.V.R., silver; Coronation 1911; Naval Long Service and Good Conduct, E.VII.R. (170050 J.C. Cole, Lg. Sto., H.M.Y. Victoria & Albert); Royal Naval Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 'Admiral's bust' (170050 Sto. P.O., "Lupin", Minesweeping 1918), slight contact marks, very fine, mounted as worn (7)

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Seven: Stoker Petty Officer J.C. Cole, Royal Navy, 1914-15 Star (170050 S.P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (170050 S.P.O., R.N.); Royal Victorian Medal, G.V.R., silver; Coronation 1911; Naval Long Service and Good Conduct, E.VII.R. (170050 J.C. Cole, Lg. Sto., H.M.Y. Victoria & Albert); Royal Naval Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 'Admiral's bust' (170050 Sto. P.O., "Lupin", Minesweeping 1918), slight contact marks, very fine, mounted as worn (7)
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Lot Essay

Ex N.I. Brooks Collection.

Stoker Petty Officer Joseph Charles Cole entered the Royal Navy in 1893 and in 1900 he joined H.M.Y. Victoria & Albert, serving aboard that ship until 1914. He saw active service in the Great War including time aboard the Battleship H.M.S. Agincourt. Towards the end of the War he was awarded the M.S.M. (London Gazette 21.3.1919 refers) for his service on Minesweepers. Cole was awarded the R.V.M. in 1922 on the occasion of King George V's visit to Cowes.