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QSA (0) (J. Sawyer. Sto: HMS Tartar);
1914-15 Star (285895 J. Sawyer. Ch. Sto., R.N.);
BWM and VM with MID oak leaves (285895 J. Sawyer. Ch. Sto., R.N.);
Royal Navy LS&GC GV, 1st issue (285895 James Sawyer, Actg. Ch. Sto. HMS Shannon)

MID LG 30 November 1917:‘Additional awards for service in the battle of Jutland.’

James Sawyer was born at Ipswich, Suffolk, on 6 June 1875, and joined the Royal Navy as a Stoker 2nd Class in Pembroke II on 1 September 1897. He joined HMS Tartar on 19 May 1898, advanced to Stoker on 28 July 1898, and served in her until 19 September 1901, earning his QSA As Stoker Petty Officer he joined HMS Medina on 10 October 1911, to convey King George and Queen Mary to India for the Delhi Durbar and tour of India in 1911-12. He served in the battleship Indomitable for the entirety of the Great War, including the battle of Jutland, until September 1919 when he went to Pembroke II for demobilisation on 18 October 1919.

Lovely group.
Even on official duty for the Durbar he was not entitled to the medal?

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