Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Acting Armourer’s Mate H. G. A. Hedgecock, Royal Navy
1914-15 Star (M.6863. H. G. A. Hedgecock. Ar. Cr. R.N.) ; British War Medal 1914-20 (M.6863 H. G. A. Hedgecock. Act. Ar. Mte.) Victory Medals (M.6863 H. G. A. Hedgecock. Act. Ar. Mte. R.N.) mounted for wear, contact marks, very fine

Three: Stoker 1st Class W. Jordan, Royal Navy
1914-15 Star (295252. W. Jordan Sto. 1. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (295252. W. Jordan Sto. 1. R.N.) very fine

Three: Acting Leading Stoker W. H. Wright, Royal Navy
1914-15 Star (K.7942. W. H. Wright. Sto.1. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (K.7942 W. H. Wright. Act. L. Sto. R.N.) very fine (9) £100-£140

Henry George Alfred Hedgecock, a Fitter from Gillingham, Kent, was born on 5 October 1894. He attested for the Royal Navy on 18 November 1913 and served during the Great War in H.M.S. Dominion, H.M.S. Alert, H.M.S. Proserpine, and H.M.S. Lavertera. Advanced Armourer's Mate on 14 July 1922, he was demobilised to shore on 28 March 1923.

William Jordan, a Labourer from Ballymartle, Co. Cork, was born on 17 March 1876 and attested for the Royal Navy on 11 April 1900. Advanced Stoker 1st Class on 17 August 1910, he served during the Great War in H.M.S. Tiger during the Battle of Dogger Bank on 24 January 1915. He was invalided from the service on 8 December 1915.

William Henry Wright, a Labourer from West Ham, London, was born on 3 December 1891 and attested for the Royal Navy on 12 August 1910. He served during the Great War in H.M.S. King George V at the Battle of Jutland and later in both H.M.S. Desperate and H.M.S. Leviathan. Advanced Stoker on 3 February 1920, he was discharged to shore on 15 July 1920.