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Sold between 23 November & 17 September 2009

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Medals from the Collection of the late Eric Smith

Eric Smith

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№ 20

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23 November 2009

Hammer Price:
£120

Three: Telegraphist W. B. Bolderston, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, who was killed in action in H.M. Trawler Renarro in November 1918 - the day before the Armistice

1914-15 Star (C.Z. 2374 W. B. Bolderston, O. Tel., R.N.V.R.); British War and Victory Medals (C.Z. 2374 W. B. Bolderson, Tel., R.N.V.R.) extremely fine (3) £100-120

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William Brown Bolderston was killed in action on 10 November 1918, when his ship H.M. Trawler Renarro was mined and sunk in the Dardanelles. The son of Fred and Elizabeth Brown Bolderston of 412 Westmuir Street, Parkhead, Glasgow, he was 23 years of age, has no known grave and is commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.