British and World Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Chief Petty Officer Arthur Stoddart, R.N.V.R., Anson Battalion, Royal Naval Division

1914 Star (C.1/2618 A. Stoddart, Ldg. Smn. R.N.V.R. Anson Bttn. R.N.D.); British War and Victory Medals (C.1-2618 A. Stoddart, C.P.O. R.N.V.R.); Belgian Croix de Guerre, extremely fine (4) £250-300

Belgian Croix de Guerre London Gazette 14 September 1918.

Arthur Stoddart, an apprentice electrician from Edinburgh, was born on 16 February 1895, and enlisted into the Clyde Division of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve on 18 April 1913. He joined Anson Battalion as a Bugler on 22 August 1914, seeing service in Belgium and subsequently in the Dardanelles. During this period he suffered from tonsilitis, typhoid and enteric, and was finally invalided home at the end of 1915. He rejoined Anson Battalion with the B.E.F. in France in September 1916. He appears to have suffered from various illnesses during his service but was finally reported to have died of wounds in 29 Casualty Clearing Station on 8 April 1918, and was buried in Gezaincourt Communal Extension. Sold with copy record of service.