Special Collections

Sold on 17 September 1999

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The Langham Collection of Medals to the Royal Army Ordnance Corps

David Langham

Lot

№ 828

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17 September 1999

Hammer Price:
£110

Three: Stoker G. F. Wiltshire, Royal Naval Reserve

1914-15 Star Trio (U.1650 Sto. R.N.R.) together with Bronze Memorial Plaque (George Frederick Wiltshire) mounted in a contemporary glazed display frame, extremely fine (4) £80-100

George Frederick Wiltshire, Stoker, R.N.R., H.M.S. Newmarket, was killed in action on 17 July 1917 in the Eastern Mediterranean. The minesweeper Newmarket is believed to have been sunk by the U-38. He is commemorated by name on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.