Three medal groups to seafaring recipients: i) three to Walter Ernest Sibley, Royal Navy: British

Three medal group to seafaring recipients: i) three to Walter Ernest Sibley, Royal Navy: British War Medal 1914-20 and Victory Medal (J.72885 W. E. SIBLEY. BOY. 1. R.N.); Royal Navy Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, George V (J. 72885W. E. SIBLEY. A.B. H.M.S. DOUGLAS.), display mounted, LSGC with edge bruising. otherwise very fine, (3); ii) two to Thomas William Penny, Merchant Navy: British War Medal 1914-20 and Merchantile Marine War Medal (THOMAS W. PENNEY), display mounted, good very fine, (2); iii) seven named or attributed to Chief Petty Officer Francis Charles Dean, Royal Navy: 1914-15 Star (J. 24006 F. C. DEAN. A.B. R.N.), BritIsh War Medal 1914-20 and Victory Medal (J. 24006 F. C. DEAN. A.B. R.N.), 1939-45 Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45, George V Royal Navy Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (J 24006 F. C. DEAN. L. S. H.M.S. VICTORY.), first three heavily rubbed, 1939-45 Star with unusual pitting, LSGC worn and with edge bruising; the last group accompanied by the recipient's Certificate of Service and other original documentation. [12]

Walter Sibley was born in Poole, Dorset, in October 1901. His Great War service was as a Boy in H.M. Ships Impregnable and Leviathan, and he then engaged for twelve years' service in October 1919. Thomas Penney was also born in Poole, in 1872. Documents show that he worked variously as a coal porter and a 'mariner'. Francis Dean was born in Branksome, Dorset, in June 1896. He volunteered for the Royal Navy in April 1913, with service commencing in June 1914. He was present at the Battle of Jutland in the Orion-Class Battleship H.M.S. Monarch, which scored hits on SMS König and also engaged SMS Lützow. He passed professionally for Petty Officer in 1927, and was pensioned in 1936, before returning to the Navy in March 1940 for service in the Second World War.