Four medals to Able Seaman Frederick Charles Howard

Four medals to Able Seaman Frederick Charles Howard, Royal Navy: Queen's South Africa, 2nd type, no clasp (F.C. HOWARD, A.B. H.M.S. RATTLER); 1914-15 Star, British War and Victory Medals (179826 F.C. HOWARD. A.B., R.N.); mounted for wearing, very fine or a little better; together with service records and a small quantity of ephemera; also offered with a certificate of service, other documents, and a copy Malta George Cross 50th Anniversary Commemorative Medal (KX166168 STOKER 2ND CLASS B HOWARD 1942-1945 RN), relating to Bernard Howard, Frederick's son.

Frederick Howard first volunteered for service in the Navy in 1894, re-enrolled in 1908, and again in 1912. He was present, in H.M.S. Euryalus, at the first Battle of the Heligoland Bight, 28th August 1914. This was notable for being the first naval engagement of the war, and in spite of various shortcomings in its prosecution, it was a British victory that did much to bolster public moral, and to provoke German circumspection in the deployment of their fleet.