United Kingdom. A Victory Medal, HMS Good Hope, Battle of Coronel, Chile KIA Hold Luftwaffe Vehicle Drivers Trade Badge

Luftwaffe Vehicle Drivers Trade Badge - Luftwaffe eagle superimposed on a vehicle radiator grill

1917: from the command of Isa

He enlisted as a Private

George VI (silver

United Kingdom. A Victory Medal, HMS Good Hope, Battle of Coronel, Chile KIA Hold Luftwaffe Vehicle Drivers Trade BadgeVictory Medal. (236732. A. J. MERRITT. A. B. R. N.) Naming is impressed, fine. Footnote: Able Seaman Albert John Merritt, son of George and Sarah Merritt, of 24, Valnay St., Tooting, London. Merritt was serving aboard HMS Good Hope, a Drake class armored cruiser, that served as the flagship for Rear Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock during the early days of World War I. She was sunk with all hands on November 1, 1914, during the Battle of Coronel off