Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Stoker Petty Officer G. Rawlinson, Royal Navy, who served in H.M.S. Amethyst during the First Battle of Heligoland Bight and later at the landings on Y Beach during the Gallipoli campaign in April 1915

1914-15 Star (K.2128 G. Rawlinson. L.Sto., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (K.2128 G. Rawlinson. L.Sto. R.N).; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (K.2128 G. Rawlinson. L.Sto. H.M.S. Thunderer) edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine (4) £100-£140

George Rawlinson, a butcher from Grimsby, Lincolnshire, was born 2 November 1890. Enlisting in the Royal Navy on 1 March 1909, he was serving in H.M.S. Amethyst at the start of the Great War, when he was present at the First Battle of Heligoland Bight and then at the landings on Y Beach during the Gallipoli landings on 25 April 1915, and afterwards in support of the action on W, Y and Z beaches. On 18 May 1915, at Asia Bay, Amethyst suffered one killed and four wounded after an exchange of fire, which silenced her guns, following the destruction of two enemy oil tanks. Awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 13 February 1924, he was promoted Stoker Petty Officer on 17 November 1926, before being shore pensioned on 28 February 1931, joining the Royal Fleet Reserve the following day. Mobilised on 28 September 1938, he was demobilised on 1 October 1938, before being recalled for Second War service 28 August 1939. He was indefinitely released from the service 23 November 1944.