Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Chief Engine Room Artificer Second Class R. D. Dodd, Royal Navy

Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-14 (270695 R. D. Dodd. E.R.A. 2 Cl. H.M.S. Highflyer); 1914-15 Star (270695, R. D. Dodd, E.R.A. 1., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (270695 R. D. Dodd. E.R.A. 1 R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., G.V.R., 1st issue (270695 R. D. Dodd, C.P.O. H.M.S. Cormorant.) good very fine (5) £180-£220

Richard Davey Dodd was born in Sunderland on 7 May 1880 and joined the Royal Navy as an Acting Engine Room Artificer Fourth Class on 23 June 1902. He served in H.M.S. Highflyer from 27 February 1911 to 14 June 1913, and during the Great War in a variety of ships and shore based establishments. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 20 July 1917, and was shore pensioned on 1 July 1924 in the rate of Chief Engine Room Artificer Second Class.