Auction Catalogue

2 July 2003

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 720

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2 July 2003

Hammer Price:
£75

Memorial Plaque 1914-18 (2), (Charles Harry Whent; Fred Charles) very fine and better (2) £60-70

J/23598 Signalman Charles Harry Whent, Royal Navy, died 21.12.1916, aged 19 years, when his ship, the destroyer H.M.S. Negro, was in collision with the destroyer H.M.S. Hoste in the North Sea. Both ships were sunk. His name is listed on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Southsea.