Watch List notes:

*Watch: A Silver Zeebrugge & Ostend Interest Pocket Watch, attributed to Temporary Petty Officer Edward Joseph Thompson, D.S.M., present as part of "C" Company, Seaman Storming Party on the night of 22-23 April 1918, and included in the V.C. ballot: a silver pocket watch, Swiss made, by Camerer Kuss & Co, 56 New Oxford Street, London, bearing .925 hallmarks, maker's mark, and date letter for London dated 1910, engraved inside reverse 'Arethusa Training Ship, presented by The Earl of Jersey to E. J. Thompson. (No.8) June 25th 1912', in original Camerer Kuss & Co case, slight wear, small scratch to inner engraving, otherwise in good condition, apparently in working order. D.S.M. London Gazette 23.07.1918 – 'For services during the operations against Zeebrugge and Ostend on the night of the 22nd-23rd April 1918.' Edward Joseph Thompson was born on 14 February 1897 in Battersea, London, and he enlisted for service in the Royal Navy in July 1912 (after a period of training, for which he received this watch). He served at the Battle of Jutland and was awarded prize money, and was also included in the ballot for the Victoria Cross for the Zeebrugge and Ostend Raids, where he was present as part of "C" Company Seaman Storming Party which collectively won 5 D.S.M.'s. He served throughout the interwar years of the 1920's and 1930's including service on H.M.S. Royal Sovereign, Kent and Pembroke. He was pensioned in 1937 but rejoined for WW2 service on H.M.S. President III until December 1945. His D.S.M. group has twice been offered at Bonham's, on 1 October 2008 (where this watch formed part of the lot), and again on 12 March 2014 (where the watch was no longer present). (£200-300)