Pair: Petty Officer A. R. Tuffin, Royal Navy, who was killed when H.M.S. Duchess of Montrose was sunk on 18 March 1917

British War Medal 1914-20 (150803 A. R. Tuffin. P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (150803 A. R. Tuffin. Boatn. H.M. Coast Guard.) extremely fine (2) £80-£100

Alfred Robert Tuffin was born in Poplar, Middlesex, on 5 August 1873 and joined the Royal Navy on 5 August 1891. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 6 September 1906, and advanced Chief Boatswain on 15 August 1908. Shore pensioned on 9 October 1913, he was recalled for service during the Great War on 2 August 1914. He was killed in action on 18 March 1917, when the paddle minesweeper H.M.S. Duchess of Montrose was blown up after striking a mine off Dunkirk, and is commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.

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