A Great War trio to Private Charles William Moger

A Great War trio to Private Charles William Moger, Royal Marine Light Infantry, who was killed in the sinking of H.M.S. Glatton in Dover Harbour, 1918: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal 1914-20, Victory Medal (PO. 15920 PTE. C.W. MOGER. R.M.L.I.), extremely fine; together with the associated Memorial Plaque (CHARLES WILLIAM MOGER), nearly extremely fine; the medals with card postage box and folded ribbons, the plaque in its card case; and a Christmas 1914 gift tin. [5]

H.M.S. Glatton was a Gorgon Class monitor which suffered a magazine explosion on 16th September 1918 - a mere five days after she was completed - while at anchor in Dover Harbour. A fire quickly spread, and when attempts to extinguish it were seen to be failing, Admiral Roger Keyes ordered Glatton to be sunk by torpedoes, in order to prevent a likely chain of detonations (including that of the ammunition ship Gransha) that could have devastated Dover. The bodies of 57 of the men who died in this tragedy - Moger's among them - were not recovered from the wreck until 1926, at which time their families were at last able to attend a funeral in Gillingham.

Charles William Moger was born in April 1889 in Stoneham, and worked as a painter's mate before enlisting in December 1910 at Southampton. He served in various ship of the home fleet, and joined Glatton an the 24th August 1918.