Orders, Decorations and Medals

Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18 (3) (George C. Douglas; Lawrence Gibson; Patrick Lawler), generally very fine (3) £80-120

George Graham Douglas, Third Engineer on the S.S. C. A. Jaques of Montreal, died on 1 May 1917, aged 24 years. Born in South Shields, he was the son of James Douglas of the Rose and Crown, East Holborn, South Shields.

Lawrence Gibson, Fourth Engineer on the S.S. Highbury of London, died on 31 May 1917, aged 21 years. Born in Frodsham, Cheshire, he was the son of James Gibson of 1 Hampden Grove, Birkenhead, Cheshire.