Three: Deck Hand H. W. Millward, Royal Naval Reserve, killed in action aboard H.M.T. Thomas W. Irvin, on 27 August 1914

1914-15 Star (D.A.365 D.H., R.N.R.); British War and Victory Medals (365 D.A., D.H., R.N.R.) good very fine and better (3)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Late Bruce C Cazel Collection of British Campaign Awards.

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Henry Woodvine Millward was born in North Shields, Northumberland, on 14 February 1891. He was killed in action, when serving as a Deck Hand on H.M. Trawler Thomas W. Irvin, when it struck a mine off the River Tyne on 27 August 1914. His name is commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial. With copied service papers.