Pair: Chief Petty Officer J. Purcell, Royal Navy

British War Medal 1914-20 (114893 C.P.O., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (114893 Joseph Purcell, C.P.O., H.M.S. Columbine) good very fine (2) £50-70

H.M.S. Columbine was a base ship for motor torpedo boats based at Rosyth. Launched as the sloop H.M.S. Wold Swan in 1876; converted to a base ship and renamed H.M.S. Clyde in 1904 and renamed H.M.S. Columbine in 1912.