LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER EDWARD BROOKE D.S.O. & BATTLE OF JUTLAN...

Hammer

£360

LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER EDWARD BROOKE D.S.O. & BATTLE OF JUTLAND INTEREST: A circa WWI Birch & Gaydon Ltd. wristwatch, the white dial set with Arabic numerals and signed 'Land & Water', with subsidiary seconds dial, diameter excluding winding crown 34mm, with 'ARMY' stamped steel strap. The rear of the case is engraved with 'Lt. COMDR. EDWARD BROOKE D.S.O. R.N. AUGUST 25th 1912'. He was an officer of the Royal Navy who commanded a destroyer at the Battle of Jutland. He died in 1919 of pneumonia.