Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria, to include the Brian Ritchie Collection (Part I)

A Second World War B.E.M. group of three awarded to Able Seaman J. Hodgson, Merchant Navy

British Empire Medal, (Civil) G.VI.R., 1st issue (John Hodgson); British War and Mercantile Marine War Medals 1914-18 (John Hodgson), very fine and better (3) £80-100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the collection of Angela and the late Douglas Bertram.

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B.E.M. London Gazette 1 January 1942.

John Hodgson, who was born in Liverpool in March 1886, was decorated for his services in the S.S. Nestor, a vessel of the Blue Funnel Line (Seedie’s refers). Among other wartime tasks, this 1913 -vintage passenger-cargo ship assisted in the evacuation of British children to Australia. Her captain was awarded an O.B.E. on the same occasion, and her Chief Officer an M.B.E. in the following year.

The Nestor proved to be Hodgson’s final seagoing appointment, for he was discharged in July 1943, and awarded a disability allowance in May 1944.