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1914 Star. From a group of medals awarded to and associated with Pte William Harvey Goodyear, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment). Bronze four-pointed star surmounted by a crown, with two crossed swords beneath a scroll bearing the date range, ‘Aug 1914 Nov’, within a wreath of oak leaves bearing the royal cypher for King George V, ‘G V’. The reverse is unadorned save for the recipient’s rank, name and unit. The medal ribbon has red white and blue watered and shadowed stripes. William Goodyear was discharged to the Reserve in 1908 and rejoined the Middlesex Regiment in 1914. He died on 26 Jan 1915, aged 32, of rheumatic fever, and is commemorated at Boulogne Eastern Cemetery. Associated with World War One (1914-1918).

World War One, Western Front (1914-1918)