About Joseph T. Gedge
Lived 1878 – 1914 (aged 35–36). Joseph T. Gedge was a military personnel.
Paymaster Joseph Theodore Gedge (27 March 1878 – 6 August 1914) was the first British officer to die in World War I when HMS Amphion was sunk by a German mine. HMS Amphion was also the first British vessel to be sunk during World War I.
In 1929 the Royal Navy instituted the Gedge Medal, the first medal for professional merit that had been given to the Accountant Branch of the Royal Navy.
Life Joseph Theodore Gedge was born on 27 March 1878, the son of Rev. Edmund Gedge. He was educated at St John's School, Leatherhead, and joined the Royal Navy in 1896. Gedge was further commemorated when his old school named a science block in his memory, raising a fund that was supported by Fleet Lord Jellicoe.
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Royal Navy officer
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Joseph T. Gedge was born in 1878 in England.
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Joseph T. Gedge died on 6 August 1914.
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