A Collection of Awards to Merchant Seamen and D.E.M.S. Gunners

Pair: attributed to Thomas Harvey, Mercantile Marine, who lost his life on the occasion the S.S. Memphian was torpedoed and sunk in October 1917

British War and Mercantile Marine War Medals 1914-18 (Thomas Harvey), good very fine (2) £60-80

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Awards to Merchant Seamen and D.E.M.S. Gunners.

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Thomas Harvey, who was born at Weston Point, Runcorn, Cheshire, was serving as Second Engineer Officer aboard the S.S. Memphian when she was torpedoed and sunk seven miles E.N.E. of the North Arklow Light Vessel - 32 members of the crew were killed, including Harvey. Aged 35 years, he left a widow, Elizabeth Hannah, and is commemorated on the Merchant Navy Memorial at Tower Hill, London; sold with brief details.