WW1 1914/15 Star Trio to Stubbs RNR & 14/15 Star to Son.

WW1 1914/15 star, British war and victory medal all correctly named to WSA-1839 David Stubbs Skipper Royal Navy Reserve and single 1914/15 star correctly named to ES-3879 Ernest Robbert Stubbs Engineer Royal Navy Reserve.
David Stubbs was born Corton Suffolk 1861. He was brought up by his widowed mother Sarah who lost her husband James at sea before David was nine years old. Like the rest of his family, probably for generations, as soon as he was old enough, he joined the employ of Lowestoft fishing fleet and by the time of the outbreak of WW1, David owned his own boat, an 85-foot Wooden Screw Steam Drifter called ‘All’s Well’ he bought in 1910. It had the official number of LT751.
With his two sons James and Ernest (see below) he put his expertise forward to the RNR joining in July 1915 serving with his two sons on HMS White Oak a depot ship in Poole for mine net drifters and the SS Margarita, this was a British merchant vessel that was sunk by a German U-boat on February 14, 1917, Luckly all lives were saved including David and his two boys.
From here he gained a position on HMS Osiris a converted commercial liner for use as an Armed Merchant Cruiser in the Royal Navy and served as a depot ship from 11th April 1915. But David and both sons only served on her a few months before being sent to HMS Deal castle for a short time. From April 1917 he was split from his two sons to become the Skipper of HMS Attentive which was assigned to the Dover Patrol. She played a minor role in the Zeebrugge Raid in early 1918 and was then assigned to escort convoys to Gibraltar. The ship was sent to the coast of Murmansk, north Russia later in the year to support the North Russia intervention in the Russian Civil War. David was finally demobilised in August 1920, although he stayed on the Royal Navy Reserve list until 1924. When he returned home, he sold his steam Drifter ‘All’s Well’ to George E, Curtis of Kessingland, Suffolk. Sadly David Died in Lowestoft Suffolk in 1939.
Ernest was born in Lowestoft Suffolk 1896 to David and Emily with eight other siblings most of all went to work in Lowestoft’s fishing industry and Ernest first worked as a Drift Net Fisherman on his father’s boat.
When war broke out in 1914 he followed his father and brother and first served on HMS White Oak. He finally settled on HMS Stickari a S-class destroyer. Bening an engineer and HMS Stickari wasn’t launched until July 1919 he was probably helping with the fitting of the ship. But he was demobilised before this in February 1919 but stayed in reserve until 1925. On his return home he continued employment with the Lowestoft Fishing Fleet.
Here is no trace of Ernest after he came home, possibly he spent all his time at sea. In 1920 he was working for S, Beamish a fishing boat owner. Sadly, Ernest died in 1975.
An interesting lot to a Lowestoft fishing family which needs more research but included is census information and service records for both men. Medals are in very good original condition and on their original ribbons.

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