Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Blacksmith A. McCorkindale, Royal Navy, who was present at the Battle of Jutland in H.M.S. Minotaur, and was later serving in H.M.S. Ambitious when the German Fleet was scuttled at Scapa Flow

1914-15 Star (342710 A. McCorkindale. Blk. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (342710 A. McCorkindale Blk. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (342710 A. McCorkindale Blksth. H.M.S. Champion) very fine (4) £100-£140

Arthur McCorkindale, a blacksmith from Forton, Hampshire, was born on 9 November 1878. Enlisting in the Royal Navy on 22 November 1899 his Great War service included service in H.M.S. Minotaur, which was present at the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916, but did not fire her guns. He latterly served in H.M.S. Ambitious, a depot ship for minesweepers at Scapa Flow, at the time that the German Fleet was scuttled there. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 10 March 1921, and was invalided from the service on 3 August 1921.