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British War Medal 1914-18
Awarded to Stoker 1st class George Albert Victor Pellett (1891-1914). Obverse: Head of King George V (left). Legend: 'GEORGIVS V BRITT : OMN : REX ET IND : IMP:' Reverse: A Knight on horseback (right) a short sword in his right hand, trampling on the German shield, skull and cross-bones. Legend: '1914-18': Engraved on the edge: 'K.10403 G.A.V. PELETT.STO.1.R.N.' Fitted with a bar and orange watered silk ribbon edged with blue, black and white stripes. In origanal box of issue.
George Albert Victor Pellett was born in Bermondsey and entered the Royal Navy in 1911. He was lost in HMS 'Hogue' when she was sunk by U-9 with her sister ships 'Aboukir' and 'Cressy' on 22 September 1914. These elderly ships were part of the 7th cruiser squadron, sometimes unkindly refered to as the Live Bait Squadron.
George Albert Victor Pellett was born in Bermondsey and entered the Royal Navy in 1911. He was lost in HMS 'Hogue' when she was sunk by U-9 with her sister ships 'Aboukir' and 'Cressy' on 22 September 1914. These elderly ships were part of the 7th cruiser squadron, sometimes unkindly refered to as the Live Bait Squadron.
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Object Details
| ID: | MED1640 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | War medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Mackennal, Edgar Bertram; McMillan, William |
| Events: | World War I, 1914-1918 |
| Date made: | 1919 |
| People: | Pellett, George Albert Victor |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 36 mm |
| Parts: | British War Medal 1914-18 |