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№ 802

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23 September 2011

Hammer Price:
£90

Pair: Seaman John Bradley, Mercantile Marine, who died 21 March 1917

British War and Mercantile Marine War Medals (John Bradley) nearly extremely fine (2) £50-70

Seaman John Bradley of the S.S. Acton, died on 21 March 1917. His name is commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial.

The S.S.
Acton was a Q Ship (Q.34), used by the Royal Navy, 15 February 1917-26 March 1919. On 20 August 1917 the Acton sank the German submarine UC-72 in the Bay of Biscay.

With four group photographs, two with the names of those featured (do not include the recipient) - one referring to the men as ‘late H.M.S.
Acton’.