Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Lieutenant G. J. Willdigg, Royal Naval Reserve, who served in H.M.S. Otranto at the Battle of Coronel on 1 November 1914

British War Medal 1914-20 (Lieut. G. J. Willdigg. R.N.R.); Royal Naval Reserve Decoration, G.V.R., silver and silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1922; together with a small silvered medalet commemorating the visit of H.M.S. Antrim to Antwerp in 1906, nearly extremely fine (3) £120-£160

George James Willdigg was born in Coventry in March 1884 and was commissioned Sub-Lieutenant, Royal Navy Reserve, on 7 August 1914. He served during the Great War in the armed merchant cruiser H.M.S. Otranto, and was present at the Battle of Coronel off the Chilean Coast on 1 November 1914. Advanced Lieutenant-Commander, he was awarded the Royal Naval Reserve Officers’ Decoration in 1924 (London Gazette 29 February 1924).

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