Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Six: Chief Petty Officer Telegraphist J. R. H. Hodges, Royal Navy, who was mentioned for services in H.M.S. Scarbourough

1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; Africa Star; Pacific Star; War Medal 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R. 1st issue, with additional long service bar (J.109468 J. R. H. Hodges. P.O. Tel. H.M.S. Valkyrie.) good very fine (6) £140-£180

M.I.D. London Gazette 8 June 1944.

Sold with original M.I.D. Certificate, Certificate of Service and other official papers.

James Richard Harrison Hodges was born in Portsmouth on 18 October 1908, and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in the telegraphy branch on 1 February 1924. By the outbreak of war in 1939 he was rated Petty Officer Telegraphist, becoming Temporary Chief Petty Officer Telegraphist in September 1943 and confirmed in that rate in April 1945. He was mentioned in despatches for services aboard H.M.S. Scarborough, in which ship he served for two years from September 1942. He was awarded the L.S. & G.C. medal on 16 November 1941, and presented with the bar on 25 April 1957. He was shore pensioned on 25 November 1957.