Medals & Memorial Plaque to William Homeyard  Stoker Petty Officer RN KIA at Jutland One of five brothers who served in the Royal Navy of which three lost their lives.

Description Medals & Memorial Plaque to William Homeyard  Stoker Petty Officer RN KIA at Jutland One of five brothers who served in the Royal Navy of which three lost their lives. A 1914-15 Star, 305205 W.E.H.Honeyard S.P.O. R.N.; British War Medal, 305025 W.E.H.Homeyard S.P.O., R.N., and Memorial Plaque named William Edward Hugh Homeyard contained in its original cardboard sleeve and envelope with Buckingham Palace certificate. Two damaged, named medal issue box lids and issue packets are also included. (Note spelling of surname) William Homeyard was killed in action aboard HMS Indefatigable at the Battle of Jutland on the 31ST of May 1916. William was born in Bere Alston, Devon, on the 27th of July 1884 (Other sources suggest he was born in the workhouse in Crediton, Devon). He joined the Royal Navy as a Stoker 2nd class on the 2nd of September 1903 giving occupation was given as farm labourer. By September 1909 he had reached the rank of Stoker Petty Officer and married Maud Saunders in Plymouth in 1912.In June 1913 he joined HMS Indefatigable. At the start of World War One she was serving as part of the 2nd Battlecruiser Squadron in the Mediterranean and successfully pursued the battlecruiser Goeben and Light Cruiser Breslau as they fled toward the Ottoman Empire. On the 3rd of November 1914 the Indefatigable bombarded the Ottoman fortifications defending the Dardanelles then headed home to the UK following a refit in Malta. On the 31st of May 1916 William was once more in action aboard Indefatigable this time at the Battle of Jutland. In the opening phase of the battle, during the ‘run to the south’, shells from the Von Der Tann struck the Indefatigable causing a catastrophic secondary explosion. Only three crew survived her sinking from a total compliment of 1.019 men. William is remembered on the Plymouth Naval Memorial and the war memorial in his home village of Bere Alston in Devon. His name appears alongside that of his brother Reginald. His other brother Leslie is on the same memorial for WW2 casualties. William had four other brothers who joined the Royal Navy, two of which also became casualties. Petty Officer Reginald Wollacott Homeyard had joined the RN in 1905 but died at Haslar Hospital in October 1918. Leslie George Homeyard had joined the RN in 1920 but was killed in action when the aircraft carrier HMS Glorious was lost in June 1940 returning from Norway. Charles Tremayne Homeyard served as a Stoker PO in the Royal Navy from 1908 to 1928. James Henry Homeyard served as a mechanician in the RN from 1902 to 1923. Condition – GVF NOTE: Sorry we cannot accept payment by PayPal for this item, We can accept payment by Credit / Debit Card, Bank Transfer or Cheque.