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WW1 Royal Navy Meritorious Service Medal ERA2 Haslam Mediterranean HMS Blenheim
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WW1 Royal Navy Meritorious Service Medal ERA2 Haslam Mediterranean HMS Blenheim

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WW1 Royal Navy Meritorious Service Medal ERA2 Haslam Mediterranean HMS Blenheim

WW1 Royal Navy Meritorious Service Medal to Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class Claudius Haslam, Mediterranean Service H.M.S Blenheim
 
WW1 Royal Navy Meritorious Service Medal to Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class Claudius Haslam, Mediterranean Service H.M.S Blenheim. Meritorious Service Medal (George V) impressed named M13886. C. HASLAM. E.R.A.2CL. “BLENHEIM” MEDITERRANEAN. 1918. Comes with copies of service papers, medal roll, Navy List, ships movement plot and photograph H.M.S. Blenheim. M.S.M London Gazette: 15/2/1919 For service in the Mediterranean Station between 1st January and 30th June 1918 (Adriatic). Engine Room Artificer Claudius Haslam was born on 22/11/1886 at Radcliffe, Lancashire, a fitter by trade he enlisted with the Royal Navy as an Engine Room Artificer class IV on 7/6/1915. He was posted to H.M.S. Blenheim 2/8/1915 -25/8/1918, discharging 31/10/1918. He progressed through the ranks steadily with good reports finishing as E.R.A. Class II. His entire wartime service was on the Blenheim, this was a Blake class protected cruiser that was obsolete but in May 1908 she joined the Mediterranean Fleet as a depot ship for the 5th Destroyer Flotilla. She was sent to Mudros in March 1915 in support of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force at Gallipoli. Officers from the Blenheim supervised all gunnery and torpedo practice onboard all ships of the flotilla; the ship also provided supplies and additional men when needed. The six Australian destroyers, which had been patrolling the Adriatic Sea since October 1917, became part of the 5th British Destroyer Flotilla in April 1918, when strengthened, Allied naval forces began a new offensive against the Austrians. E.R.A Haslam died in 1958 at Bath. He is also entitled to the 1914/15 Star, British War and Victory Medals.

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