Auction Catalogue

19 & 20 March 2008

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 1155

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20 March 2008

Hammer Price:
£140

Three: Petty Officer Telegrapher H. G. Cartwright, Royal Navy, who was lost at sea on 27 March 1918 whilst serving aboard H.M.S. Kale

1914-15 Star (J.3238 L. Tel., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (J.3238 P.O. Tel., R.N.) nearly extremely fine (3) £60-80

Horace Gordon Cartwright was lost at sea on 27 March 1918 when H.M.S. Kale struck a mine and sank in the North Sea. Sold with copy of C.W.G.C. entry which states that he was mentioned in despatches.