Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Yeoman of Signals E. E. W. Hodge, Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (223758 E. E. W. Hodge, L. Sig. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (223758 E. E. W. Hodge, Y.S. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (223758 E. E. W. Hodge. Yeo. Sigs. H.M.S. Vivid.) mounted as worn, contact marks, nearly very fine (4) £80-£120

Ernest Edward William Hodge, a school boy from Plymouth, was born on 19 September 1897. Enlisting in the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in December 1901, his Great War service included service in many ships afloat and ashore. Promoted Yeoman of Signals on 9 August 1916, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 2 May 1921, and was shore pensioned on 16 September 1927.