Lot Archive

Lot

№ 220

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31 March 2010

Hammer Price:
£180

British War Medal 1914-20 (13) (K.8472 J. E. Boggitt, Sto. 1, R.N.; S.S.3934 J. McDowell, A.B., R.N.; 176675 J. McKee, Ch. Sto., R.N.; SS.109833 J. Morgan, Sto.1, R.N.; 200311 J. Wilson, L.S., R.N.; W.Z.2506 H. L. Foxon, A.B., R.N.V.R.; 5257ES A. Quirey, Engn., R.N.R.; 2485S.B. C. Weekes, Boy, R.N.R.; R.M.A.1111-S- Gr. J. A. Bradley; Ply.15760 Pte. R. J. Carson, R.M.L.I.; Deal11385-S- Pte. J. Quinn, R.M.; Ch.20555 Pte. G. Towers, R.M.L.I.; J. Jamison, Tr., M.F.A.) some with slack suspensions, edge bruising, contact marks, fine and better (13) £100-140

Able Seaman Harold Lewis Foxon, R.N.V.R., was killed in action whilst serving aboard H.M.S. Stephen Furness on 13 December 1917. The armed boarding steamer Stephen Furness was torpedoed by a German submarine in the Irish Channel with the loss of six officers and 95 ratings. having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Plymouth Memorial.

Engineman A. Quirey, R.N.R., serving on H.M. Trawler The Prince, died on 2 April 1919. He was buried in Muckamore Graveyard, Co. Antrim.