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25 May 2022

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Lot

№ 262

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25 May 2022

Hammer Price:
£60

Three: Chief Petty Officer A. E. Woodcock, H.M.S. Benbow, Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (163831, A. E. Woodcock, C.P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (163831 A. E. Woodcock. C.P.O. R.N.) good very fine (3) £60-£80

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals for the Battle of Jutland.

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The dreadnought battleship H.M.S. Benbow was launched on 12 November 1913 and was the flagship of the 4th Division, 4th Battle Squadron at the Battle of Jutland.

Albert Edward Woodcock was born at Wandsworth, Surrey, on 23 August 1876 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class in H.M.S. Impregnable on 13 November 1891. He was advanced to Ordinary Seaman in H.M.S. Royal Arthur on 23 August 1894, and to Able Seaman on 26 July 1895. He was further advanced to Leading Seaman in H.M.S. Magnificent on 12 November 1900, and to Petty Officer First Class in H.M.S. Cambridge on 3 June 1902. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in August 1909, and was appointed Acting Chief Petty Officer in H.M.S. Benbow in October 1914. He served in H.M.S. Benbow throughout the Great War, being confirmed in the rate on 1 February 1915, and was shore demobilised in March 1919.