Medals from the Collection of the late Eric Smith

Pair: Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class J. W. Blount, Royal Navy, who was killed in action in H.M.S. Good Hope in November 1914

British War Medal 1914-20 (269403 J. W. Blount, C.E.R.A. 2, R.N.), together with related Memorial Plaque (James William Blount), extremely fine (2) £70-90

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of the late Eric Smith.

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James William Blount was killed in action at the Battle of the Coronel while serving in the armoured cruiser H.M.S. Good Hope. The son of James and Jane Blount, he was 37 years of age and is commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial. He was, of course, also awarded the 1914-15 Star and Victory Medal 1914-19.