Exceptional Naval and Polar Awards from the Collection of RC Witte

Three: Able Seaman J. W. Ingram, Royal Navy - killed in action at the battle of the Denmark Straits when serving aboard H.M.S. Hood, 24 May 1941

1914-15 Star (231078 A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (231078 A.B., R.N.) nearly very fine (3) £200-300

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Exceptional Naval and Polar Awards from the Collection of RC Witte.

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Able Seaman John William Ingram, R.N., was killed in action when serving aboard the battlecruiser H.M.S. Hood, in action with the German battleship Bismarck, at the battle of the Denmark Straits, 24 May 1941, aged 53 years. His name is commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Henry Edwin Ingram, of Derby.