WW1 Casualty British Victory Medal to Newman, KIA on HMS Gurkha, 1917

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WW1 Casualty British Victory Medal to Newman, KIA on HMS Gurkha, 1917
Impressed to :
203503 E.J. NEWMAN. L.S. R.N.
Ernest James Newman, was born at Twford, Hampshire on 14th Oct 1883, a Porter by occupation. Joined 27 Feb 1899 and served on HMS Gurkha in WW1 until she was sunk by a mine on 08/02/17. Husband of E. M. A. Bedwell (formerly Newman), of Portsmouth. On 8 February 1917 the Ghurka, under the command of Lieutenant Harold G. Woolcombe-Boyce, struck a mine and sunk between Dungeness and the Royal Sovereign Light Vessel. At about 7.45pm, when the officers were about to sit down to their evening meal, a heavy explosion occurred at the forward part of the vessel.
With service record page
EF Condition.
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