Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War ‘Egyptian theatre’ M.M. pair awarded to Private G. Goddard, Hampshire Regiment, who was killed in action in Palestine on 20 November 1917

Military Medal, G.V.R. (241607 Pte. G. Goddard. 2/5 Hants: R. -T.F.); British War Medal 1914-20 (241607. Pte. G. Goddard. Hamps. R.); Memorial Plaque (George Goddard) in card envelope, edge cut to MM, the medals otherwise good very fine; the plaque heavily polished with drill holes at 1 and 11 o’clock, therefore fine (3) £300-£400

M.M. London Gazette 28 September 1917.

George Goddard, a native of Bishopstoke, Eastleigh, Hampshire, attested for the Hampshire Regiment at Southampton in November 1915 and served with the 2nd/5th Battalion during the Great War, initially in India, and then in Egypt. Awarded the Military Medal, he was killed in action in Palestine on 20 November 1917, and is buried in Jerusalem War Cemetery.

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