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№ 220

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18 June 2020

Hammer Price:
£600

Four: Lieutenant T. L. MacFarlane, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, who was killed as a result of the H.M.S. Glowworm explosion at Archangel on 25 August 1918

1914-15 Star (C4-207, T. L. MacFarlane, C.P.O., R.N.V.R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. T. P. MacFarlane. R.N.V.R.); Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (207. T. L. MacFarlane, C.P.O. Clyde Divn. R.N.V.R.); Memorial Plaque (Thomas Lottimer MacFarlane) good very fine (5) £200-£240

Thomas Lottimer MacFarlane served in the Clyde Division Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve before the Great War and was serving in H.M.S. Glowworm, when it was sent to North Russia in September 1918. He was killed when Glowworm was damaged after a barge exploded alongside her on 25 August 1918, and is buried at Semenovka (Bereznik) Cemetery Extension, Russia.