Lot Archive

Lot

№ 219

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29 November 1996

Hammer Price:
£150

Four: Major F. R. Boyle, Royal Marine Light Infantry
1914-15 Star Trio, M.I.D. (Maj., R.M.L.I.); Royal Humane Society, Small Bronze Medal (Successful) (Major, R.M.L.I. 18th July 1913) complete with bronze ribbon buckle, very fine (4)

R.H.S. Case 40,098 ‘At 5p.m. on the 18th July, 1913, a seaman fell overboard from the picket boat into 20 feet of water at Grimsby. Major F. R. Boyle, R.M.L.I., jumped in and with a lifebuoy kept him afloat till they were got on board the boat.’ Sold with further research.