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GALLIPOLI HMS EUROPA DOVER PATROL WW1 ROYAL NAVY MEDALS 284152 JOHN GODDARD

Offered is a set of 4 medals to Stoker First Class J. Goddard, Royal Navy, who served from 1896 and saw service at Gallipoli and witht he Dover Patrol during the first world war

1914 – 15 Star, impressed named 284152. J. GODDARD. STO.1. R.N.; British War and Victory Medals (1914 – 18) impressed named 284152 J. GODDARD. STO.1. R.N.; Royal Navy Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (G.V.) impressed named 284152. JOHN GODDARD. STO. 1CL. H.M.S. RESEARCH. Court mounted for wear and comes with copy service papers and medal roll.

John Goddard was born on the 4/4/1877 at Wells, Somerset, a farm labourer by trade, he enlisted into the Royal Navy 18/11/1896 as a Stoker 2^nd Class. He served on a variety of H.M. ship and shore bases including: Victory, Royal Sovereign, Trafalgar, Victory II, Victory III, Hanibal, Duke of Wellington, Cressy, Firequeen, Fisgard, Hermione, Edgar and to shore for discharge 17/11/1908.

He joined the Royal Fleet Reserve at Portsmouth 18/11/1908, service number B2869. Recalled for WW1, he served on the Europa (Diadem-class protected cruiser) 2/8/1914 – 17/7/1917 and took part in the Gallipoli Campaign. Victory II 18/7/1917 – 30/9/1917. Research (Portland, used as a depot ship for locally employed armed trawlers) on the Homayun (boom defence vessel) 1/10/1917 – 31/5/1918. Attentive II (shore base for the Dover Patrol) 1/6/1918 – 30/9/1918. Victory I 1/10/1918 – 6/10/18, Pembroke II 7/10/18 – 22/2/1919 and discharged.

Awarded L.S. & G.C. Medal January 1918.