Three: Ordinary Seaman T. Baxter, Merchant Navy, who lost his life on the occasion the S.S. Ashcrest was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic in December 1940

1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45, together with the recipient’s Minister of Transport condolence slip in the name of ‘Thomas Baxter’, extremely fine (3) £60-80

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Awards to Merchant Seamen and D.E.M.S. Gunners.

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The Ashcrest was torpedoed and sunk by the U-140 while bound for the U.K. from Philadelphia on 9 December 1940, 36 of her crew, including Baxter, losing their lives. Aged 21 years, he was the son of Josiah and Gwendoline Baxter of Bordesley Green, Birmingham, and is commemorated on the Merchant Navy Memorial at Tower Hill, London; sold with further details.