The Mercantile Marine War Medal awarded to Ordinary Seaman J. Connolly, Mercantile Marine, who was killed in action when the Tuscania was torpedoed and sunk by the U-77 on 5 February 1918

Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18 (James Connolly); Memorial Plaque (James Connolly) the plaque lightly polished, very fine (2) £100-£140

James Connolly served with the Mercantile Marine during the Great War as an Ordinary Seaman in the Anchor Line’s Tuscania, and was killed in action when the Tuscania, conveying 113 officer and 1,917 other ranks of the United States Army, was torpedoed and sunk 7 miles north of Rathlin Island by the German submarine U-77 on 5 February 1918. He is commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial.

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