The Fine Collection of Medals to 'Old Contemptibles' formed by Major Bob Keay

Four: Petty Officer E. H. Thair, Hood Battalion, Royal Naval Division

1914 Star, with copy clasp (135224 P.O., Hood Bttn. R.N.D.); British War and Victory Medals (135224 P.O., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R. (Boatn., H.M. Coast Guard) nearly extremely fine (3) £180-220

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Fine Collection of Medals to 'Old Contemptibles' formed by Major Bob Keay.

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Edwin Henry Thair was born in 1869 in Lyminster, Sussex and enlisted into the Royal Navy in June 1887. He served aboard a variety of ships and shore stations before transferring to the Hood Battalion, R.N.D. on 19 September 1914.

Sold with copy service record which confirms that he was serving with the Hood Battalion in Belgium in October 1914 and that he served throughout the war, before eventually being discharged in August 1919.