Orders, Decorations and Medals

Family pair:

Rescue Medal, circular, engraved medal by ‘J.D. & Co.’, obv. inscribed, ‘Presented by Thomas Adams to Mrs Pinnock’; rev. inscribed, ‘For kindly help to the Crew of H.M.S. Niger, Nov. 11th 1914’, 32mm., silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1914, ring suspension

Geneal Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (Miss E. F. Pinnock) extremely fine (2) £180-220

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Jack Boddington Collection of Life Saving Medals.

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The torpedo gunboat H.M.S. Niger, commanded by Lieutenant Commander A. P. Moore, was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine on 11 November 1914, off Deal Pier. No lives were lost and the ship’s company was taken off by the Deal and Kingsdown lifeboats. Following immediately on from this, many residents of Deal offered and supplied aid, food and shelter to the survivors. The Mayor of Deal, Mr Thomas Adams awarded a special medal to the lifeboat crews and from a specially subscribed fund certain other silver medals were awarded to those who had assisted. Mrs Pinnock being awarded one such medal.

Mrs Pinnock’s daughter, Miss E. F. Pinnock, served in the Church of Scotland Huts and Canteen Service in Palestine 1945-48. Sold with copied research.