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Auction: 15002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 89

Four: Lieutenant W.J. Woodman, Durham Home Guard, Late Able Seaman, Royal Navy
1914-15 Star (J.29607, W.J. Woodman, Boy., 1, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (J.29607 W.J. Woodman. A.B. R.N.); Defence Medal, very fine, with the recipient's named Home Guard Service Certificate; parchment certificate of service; Torpedo History Sheet; and photograph

Three: Private R. Johnstone, Durham Home Guard, Late Royal Artillery
British War and Victory Medals (118070 Gnr. R. Johnstone. R.A.); Defence Medal, VM with traces of verdigris, otherwise good very fine, with Army Council enclosure and named card box of issue for the Defence Medal, named to 'Mr. R. Johnstone, 38 Hartington Terrace, South Shields, Co. Durham'

One: Captain H. Alder, Durham Home Guard
Defence Medal, good very fine, with the recipient's named Home Guard Service Certificate

One: Private A.S. Dixon, Durham Home Guard
Defence Medal, good very fine, with the recipient's named Home Guard Service Certificate and cloth unit insignia; together with various other documents and insignia relating to the Durham Home Guard (lot)

Lieutenant William Johnson Woodman, born Chester-le-Street, Durham, July 1898; enlisted in the Royal Navy, February 1914; transferred to Submarines, 22.3.1921; Commissioned Second Lieutenant, 1.2.1941, and served with the 2nd (Chester-le-Street) Battalion, Durham Home Guard, 15.7.1940 - 31.12.1942.

118070 Private R. Johnstone served with the 8th (South Shields) Battalion, Durham Home Guard.

Captain Harry Alder, born 22.2.1903; promoted Captain, 1.2.1941, and served with the 24th (Sunderland) Battalion, Durham Home Guard, 13.7.1940 - 31.12.1944.

Private Arthur Stanley Dixon served with the 20th (Darlington) Battalion, Durham Home Guard, 11.6.1940 - 31.12.1944.

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