Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Chief Engineer Officer T. Emery, Mercantile Marine, who was killed in Action when the S.S. Boston was torpedoed and sunk by U-216 off cape Farewell, Greenland, on 25 September 1942

British War and Mercantile Marine War Medals (Thomas Emery); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45, nearly extremely fine (5) £60-£80

Thomas Emery was born in Liverpool on 17 May 1884 and served in the Mercantile Marine in both the Great War and as a Chief Engineer Officer during the Second World War. He was killed in action when the S.S. Boston was torpedoed by the German submarine U-216 and sunk off Cape Farewell, Greenland, on 25 September 1942. He is commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial.

Sold with a copy Memorial Scroll and a colour postcard of the S.S. Boston.