The Norman Gooding Collection

A rare Great War casualty pair and Memorial Plaque awarded to Worker Violet N. Harding, Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps

British War and Victory Medals (15089 Wkr. V. N. Harding. Q.M.A.A.C.); Memorial Plaque ‘She died for Freedom and Honour’ (Violet Nora Harding) good very fine (3) £2,400-£2,800

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Norman Gooding Collection.

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Violet Nora Harding was born in Easington, County Durham, in 1896, the third child of grocer’s assistant John Thomas Harding. She served in France from 21 November 1917 as a Worker in Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps and died of pneumonia at Isleworth, London, on 7 February 1919. She was buried a few days later at Easington Lane Cemetery in Sunderland, a short distance from her family home.