Description
A Battle of Jutland Pair awarded to Able Seaman Archibald Charles Barnes, H.M.S. Monarch comprising, 1914-1920 British War and Victory Medals, (J.39835 A.C. Barnes. A.B. R.N.), very fine.
Archibald Charles Barnes joined the Royal Navy on the 8th of April 1915 he joined H.M.S. Monarch on the 20th of September 1915, On 31 May, Monarch, under the command of Captain George Borrett, was the sixth ship from the head of the battle line after deployment. During the first stage of the general engagement, the ship fired three salvos of armour-piercing, capped (APC) shells from her main guns at a group of five battleships at 18:32, scoring one hit on the dreadnought SMS König that knocked out a 15-centimetre (5.9 in) gun, temporarily disabled three boilers and started several small fires. At 19:14, she engaged the battlecruiser SMS Lützow at a range of 17,300–18,450 yards (15,820–16,870 m) with five salvos of APC shells and claimed to straddle her with the last two salvos. Lützow was also fired at by Orion 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 and caused a fair amount of flooding. This was the last time that Monarch fired her guns during the battle, having expended a total of fifty-three 13.5-inch APC shells. He served aboard Victory I and Idaho and was discharged Service No Longer Required on the 28th of July 1919.
Sold with copy service papers and Medal Roll showing that he is also entitled to a 1914-15 Star.
