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23 March 2022

Hammer Price:
£220

Four: Lieutenant J. H. Tudor, Royal Naval Reserve and Mercantile Marine
1914-15 Star (Mid. J. H. Tudor, R.N.R.); British War Medal 1914-20 (Lieut. J. H. Tudor. R.N.R.); Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18 (John H. Tudor); Victory Medal 1914-19 (Lieut. J. H. Tudor. R.N.R.) good very fine

Victory Medal 1914-19 (Capt. C. W. Trousdale. R.N.) nearly very fine (5) £100-£140

Charles William Trousdale was born on 25 March 1875, the son of the Reverend R. Trousdale, of Southsea, Hampshire, and entered the Royal Navy as a Midshipman on 15 February 1890. He was commissioned Sub-Lieutenant on 25 March 1894, and was promoted Lieutenant on 30 June 1896, and Commander on 31 December 1907. He served during the Great War in command of the Canadian Armed Merchant Cruiser Eskimo from 23 November 1914 to 23 March 1915, and the seaplane carrier Riviera from 7 October 1916 to 25 June 1917. Among various shore appointments he served at Suda Bay and Haulbowline Yard, Ireland He retired due to ill-health with the rank of Captain on 1 February 1918, and died on 13 July 1919.

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