Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (342621 N. E. Woodgate, Armr., H.M.S. Defiance), extremely fine £80-100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, An Old Collection of Medals Relating to The Great War.

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Norman Ernest Woodgate was killed in H.M.S. Monmouth at the battle of the Coronel on 1 November 1914.

Born in St. Albans, Hertfordshire, in March 1881, Woodgate had joined the Royal Navy as probationary member of Armourer’s Crew in April 1899. Having then been advanced to Armourer in August 1911, he joined the cruiser Monmouth in July 1914.