WW1 Group Of 6 To The RN , KIA Jutland

QSA one bar Cape Colony S G REED OD HMS MONARCH 1914/15 trio 193627 S G REED PO1 RN Navy LSGC ( Geo V ) 193627 S G RED PO HMS VIVID R Humane Society medal in bronze SYDNEY G REED RN NOV 10 1900

Together with Royal Life Saving Society bronze medal PO1 S G REED OCT 1906

Sydney George reed an 18 year old errand boy from Charles in Devon enlisted into the Royal Navy in 1899 . He was awarded the RHS Bronze medal in November 1900 for the following act of bravery


On the 10th November, 1900, a man belonging to the Royal Marine Light Infantry fell overboard from H.M.S. Tarter at the entrance to the Bonny River, West Africa. There was a strong tide, and the locality abounds with sharks. At great risk, Reed jumped in and supported him till they were picked up by a boat.
He KIA aboard HMS Defence at Jutland

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