RUSSIAN INTERVENTION CASUALTY GROUP To Officers Steward Ayre...

Hammer

£700

RUSSIAN INTERVENTION CASUALTY GROUP To Officers Steward Ayres of HMS Glowworm

1914/15 Star, correctly impressed L6251 J Ayres CS3 RN
British War Medal, correctly impressed L6251 J Ayres OS2 RN
Victory Medal, correctly impressed L6251 J Ayres OS2 RN

In boxes of issue

Condition GEF Joseph Ayres was born on the 4th of April 1897 in Shoreditch. He joined the Royal Navy in 1915 and saw service on HMS Excellent.



On the 1st of April 1919, he was posted to HMS Glowworm, serving as an Officers Steward 2nd class. The ship sailed for Russia, and he was sadly killed at Archangel on the 25th of August 1919.



Ayres, along with sixteen other men and three officers, died after the ammunition caught fire and exploded. A barge moored alongside HMS Glowworm caught fire, and the blaze spread.



Joseph was buried in Archangel Allied Cemetery.



A very rare group.