A Collection of Medals relating to the Zeebrugge and Ostend Raids, 1918

Victory Medal 1914-19 (K.37561 R. Frosdick, Sto. 1, R.N.) very fine £ 80-100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals relating to the Zeebrugge and Ostend Raids, 1918.

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Richard Frosdick was born in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk on 12 December 1897. He entered the Royal Navy as a Stoker 2nd Class in February 1917. Served on H.M.S. Collingwood, February 1917-March 1919, except for the period March-April 1918 when he was on the books of H.M.S. Hindustan. He served aboard H.M.S. Vindictive in the Zeebrugge Raid, 23 April 1918, and is recorded as having participated in the ballot for a V.C. for that operation (London Gazette 23 July 1918).