Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War 1918 ‘Minesweeping Operations - Mediterranean’ D.S.M. pair awarded to Petty Officer E. W. Wright, Royal Navy, who was also Mentioned in Despatches

Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (J.5031. E. W. Wright. P.O. Widnes, Mediterranean. 1918.); 1914-15 Star (J.5037, E. W. Wright, L.S., R.N.) pitting and contact marks, nearly very fine (2) £600-£800

D.S.M. London Gazette 17 October 1919:
‘For services in Minesweeping Operations between 1st July and 31st December 1918.’

M.I.D. London Gazette 8 March 1920:
‘For Services in the Mine Clearance Force.’

Edward William Wright was born in Leyton, Essex, on 15 May 1893 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on 10 August 1909. Advanced Petty Officer on 1 April 1917, whilst serving in H.M.S. Blenheim, he transferred to the Hunt-class minesweeper H.M.S. Widnes, whilst born on the books for Vivid III, on 3 September 1918, and for his services in Minesweeping Operations in the Mediterranean Sea in the final few months of the War, and the first months of peace, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal, and was later Mentioned in Despatches. He was appointed Acting Regulating Petty Officer on 15 June 1920.

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