Four: Warrant Mechanic R. E. Hodges, Royal Navy, mentioned for mine-clearance services at Zeebrugge in 1919

1914-15 Star (Wt. Mech., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Wt. Mech., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (353783 R. E. Hodges, Mechn. H.M.S. Cochrane) mounted as worn, the last polished, good fine, otherwise good very fine (4) £60-70

M.I.D. London Gazette 11 November 1919, for mine-clearance services at Zeebrugge in 1919.

Richard Ernest Hodges was born at Nether Broughton, Leics., on 2 February 1877, and joined the Royal Navy in February 1895. He served as a Stoker and achieved Petty Officer status in July 1906, becoming Mechanician in January 1910. He received his L.S. & G.C. medal in the following month and was promoted to Acting Warrant Mechanician in September 1914, and ended the war as a Warrant Mechanician. Sold with copy rating service record and London Gazette details.