Six: Petty Officer F. W. Goodchild, Royal Naval Reserve

1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star, North Africa 1942-43 clasp; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; Royal Naval Reserve L.S.& G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (9504.B. A.P.O. (Ty.), R.N.R.), rank and unit officially re-impressed, generally extremely fine (6) £140-180

Petty Officer Francis William Goodchild, R.N.R. was killed in action on 6 September 1943, aged 32 years, when the destroyer Puckeridge was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine in the Western Mediterranean. Goodchild was one of 61 ratings killed in the attack. Sold with named condolence slip and medal forwarding box addressed to his wife, Mrs E. C. Goodchild of 45 Gladys Avenue, Cowplain, Portsmouth.