Auction Catalogue

5 July 2011

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 658 x

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5 July 2011

Hammer Price:
£240

Three: attributed to Cook John Frederick Thurogood, Royal Navy, killed in action aboard H.M.S. Hood, 24 May 1941

1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45, unnamed as issued, extremely fine (3) £100-140

John Frederick Thurogood was born in Holloway, London, on 23 August 1918. He entered the Royal Navy as Acting Cook on 4 October 1939 and was confirmed in that rank on 4 May 1940. On 27 May 1940 he was posted to the battlecruiser H.M.S. Hood. He was killed when the ship was tragically lost in action with the German battleship Bismarck on 24 May 1941.

In an action fought in the Denmark Strait, the battle cruiser
Hood, together with the battleship Prince of Wales were closing with the Bismarck and her cruiser consort, the Prinz Eugen, when the Hood was hit by shells from the Bismarck and exploded. Only three men of her compliment of 1,421 survived her catastrophic end.

Thurogood’s name is commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial. He was the son of John Frederick and Emily Annie Thurogood of Finsbury Park, London.

With Admiralty condolence slip bearing the name ‘John F. Thurogood’ hand written in ink; together with some copied research..