Auction Catalogue

25 February 1998

Starting at 1:00 PM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

The Arts Club  40 Dover St  London  W1S 4NP

Lot

№ 649

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25 February 1998

Hammer Price:
£130

Three: Private I. W. Woodgate, Royal Marine Light Infantry
1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals (
Ply. 14578 Pte., R.M.L.I.)

Three: Private H. S. Burr, 6th London Regiment
1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals (
2731 Pte., 6-Lond.R.)

Three: Gunner F. G. Soper, Royal Field Artillery
1914-15 Star (
11079 Gnr., R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (11079 Gnr., R.A.), good very fine or better (9) £70-100

Private Ivan Walter Woodgate was born in Marylebone, London in 1895, and died while on active service in H.M.S. Bellona, a cruiser which had been present at Jutland, on 7 January 1918. No cause of death is recorded but his body was not recovered, his name being commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial.

Rifleman Henry Sidney Burr, 6th London Regiment, lived Rainham, died France and Flanders 2 October 1916.

Gunner Frederick George Soper, Royal Field Artillery, born and enlisted Southampton, killed in action France and Flanders 3 April 1918