Lot Archive

Lot

№ 1516 x

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27 June 2002

Hammer Price:
£240

Four: Engineer Lieutenant-Commander A. Thomson, Royal Indian Marine

Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914 (Ast. Eng., R.I.M.S. “Lawrence”); 1914-15 Star (Engr. Lt., R.I.M.); British War and Victory Medals (Eng. Lt., R.N.) good very fine (4) £120-140

Abraham Thomson was born on 13 October 1883, and joined the Royal Indian Marine as an Engineer Sub-Lieutenant in November 1908. He was promoted to Engineer Lieutenant in November 1911, and to Engineer Lieutenant-Commander in November 1919.