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Auction: 25002 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 38

The campaign group of four awarded to Leading Seaman A. Trotman, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, who had been a member of the Howe Battalion, Royal Naval Division at Antwerp in 1914 and who was severely wounded in action at Gallipoli in May 1915 and was then killed in action when the Barrister was lost off Chicken Island on 19 September 1918

1914 Star (SX3/325. A. Trotman, A.B. R.N.V.R. Howe Bttn. R.N.D.); British War and Victory Medals (S.3-325 A. Trotman. Act. L.S. R.N.V.R.); Great War Bronze Memorial Plaque (Arthur Trotman), together with named card boxes of issue, this last with hanging loop affixed to reverse, otherwise good very fine (4)

Arthur Trotman was born on 16 January 1874 and was a native of Demond Road, Eastbourne. A local postman by trade, he joined the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve on 3 August 1914 and then served with the Howe Battalion, Royal Naval Division at Antwerp from 22 August 1914. Transferred to Gallipoli, Trotman was severely wounded by gunshot to the left foot and thigh around 20 May 1915.

Having recovered from those wounds, he was killed in action when the Barrister was torpedoed off the Chicken Rock, Isle of Man on 19 September 1918. He is commemorated upon the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.

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Estimate
£300 to £500

Starting price
£240