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Auction: 24113 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 266

British War Medal 1914-20 (180022 H. Keech. C.P.O. R.N.), light pitting, very fine

Henry Keech was born at Kentish Town, London on 9 January 1877. A fishmonger, he joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in 1895.

He served in H.M.S. Christopher at the Battle of Jutland. She was one of four destroyers (together with Shark, Acasta and Ophelia) assigned to escort the 3rd Battlecruiser Squadron. Although Shark was sunk and Acasta badly damaged in a clash with German light cruisers and torpedo boats, Christopher -which fired 30 shells in the battle- was undamaged and none of her crew injured.

Keech was discharged, invalided, to shore on 19 September 1918 with a war gratuity; sold together with a copy of his service record.

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