Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Six: Petty Officer H. J. H. Blyther, Royal Navy

China 1900, no clasp (H. J. H. Blyther, P.O. 2 Cl., H.M.S. Goliath.); 1914-15 Star (172723, H. J. H. Blyther, P.O. 1., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (172723 H. J. H. Blyther. P.O. 1 R.N.), B.W.M. partially officially re-impressed; Defence Medal; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Henry J. Blyther), very fine (6) £200-£260

Henry James Hadland Blyther was born in Hackney on 1 September 1877 and entered naval service on 20 April 1893 as a Boy 2nd Class in H.M.S. Impregnable, serving in H.M.S. Goliath from 27 March 1900. Promoted Petty Officer 1st Class, he was drafted to Endymion on 21 May 1902. He was discharged by purchase on 28 October 1902. During the Great War, he served in the Armed Merchant Cruiser Mantua from 9 August 1914, Pembroke I from 25 July 1916 and Wildfire from 26 March 1917, until he was demobilised on 14 March 1919.