Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Cooper E. Medder, Royal Navy, a native of Jersey who was serving in H.M.S. Attentive when she was damaged by Aerial bombardment in September 1915

1914-15 Star (343384 E. Medder, Cpr. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (343384 E. Medder. Cpr. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (343384 Ernest Medder. Cooper. H.M.S. Attentive) mounted as worn, very fine (4) £140-£180

Ernest Medder, a carpenter from St. Helier, Jersey, was born on 18 December 1881. Enlisting as a Cooper in the Royal Navy on 25 April 1900, his Great War service included service in H.M.S. Attentive at the time that she became an early victim of Aerial bombardment on 7 September 1915, suffering eight casualties, whilst she was in support of the naval bombardment of Ostend. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 24 August 1915, and was shore pensioned on 24 April 1922.