Royal Navy Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue to Bennett. C.E.R.A.1., H.M.S. Ormonde, served at Jutland aboard Collingwood.
Impressed to : M.3159 E. A. Bennett. C.E.R.A.1. H.M.S. Ormonde.
Good very fine
Ernest Albert Bennett was born 11 Oct 1887 in Stonehouse, Devon and was a Boilermaker by trade. He served aboard HMS Collingwood from March 1912-March 1919.
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Collingwood fired eight salvos from her main guns at the crippled light cruiser SMS Wiesbaden from 18:32, although the number of hits made, if any, is unknown. Her secondary armament then engaged the destroyer SMS G42, which was attempting to come to Wiesbaden's assistance, but failed to hit her. At 19:15 Collingwood fired two salvoes of high explosive (HE) shells at the battlecruiser SMS Derfflinger, hitting her target once before she disappeared into the mist. The shell detonated in the German ship's sickbay and damaged the surrounding superstructure. Shortly afterwards, during the attack of the German destroyers around 19:20, the ship fired her main armament at a damaged destroyer without success and dodged two torpedoes that missed by 10 yards (9.1 m) behind and 30 yards (27 m) in front. This was the last time she fired her guns during the battle.
