A WW1 Royal Navy L.S.&.G.C. (H.M.S. Orion) 'Battle of Jutland' Medal Trio to 343038 A.W. TEW. CH. SHPT. R.N.

Arthur William Tew was born on the 6th of January, 1885, at Portland, Dorset.

Tew joined the ranks of the Royal Navy on the 6th of January, 1903, serving in a variety of ships and shore bases. During WW1, Tew spent the entire war serving aboard the dreadnought battleship, H.M.S. Orion.

On 31 May, Orion, under the command of Captain Oliver Backhouse, was the lead ship of the 2nd Division of the 2nd BS and was the fifth ship from the head of the battle line after deployment During the first stage of the general engagement, the ship fired four salvos of armour piercing shells from her main guns at the battleship SMS Markgraf at 18:32, scoring one hit that knocked out a 15-centimetre (5.9 in) gun and killed or disabled its crew. About 19:15, she engaged the battlecruiser SMS Lutzow at a range of 18,700–19,800 yards (17,100–18,100 m) with six salvos of APC shells and claimed to straddle her with the last two salvos. These last salvos were actually fired at the destroyer SMS G38 which was screening the battlecruiser and laying a smoke screen. Lützow was also fired at by Monarch during this time and was hit five times between the sisters. They knocked out two of her main guns, temporarily knocked out the power to the Stern most turret as well as causing a fair amount of flooding. This was the last time that Orion fired her guns during the battle, having expended a total of fifty-one 13.5-inch APC shells.

The Medals are mounted for display, sold with some copied research, and are as follows –

British War & Victory Medals, 343038 A.W. TEW. CH. SHPT. R.N.; G.V. Royal Navy Long Service & Good Conduct Medal, 343038 : A.W. TEW. CH. SHIPT. H.M.S. ORION.

Condition, very fine and better

Chief Shipwright Tew is also entitled to the 1914/15 Star