Orders, Decorations and Medals

Board of Trade Medal for Gallantry in Saving Life at Sea, V.R., large, bronze (Arthur Lewis, Wreck of the “Androsa” on the 8th March 1897) edge bruising, very fine £180-220

Awarded for rescuing the crew of the Androsa of Liverpool, which foundered in the North Atlantic Ocean on 8 March 1897.

Seaman Arthur Lewis was one of six men of the S.S. Ontario of Hull to be awarded the Board of Trade Bronze Medal for Gallantry and a gratuity of £2 for the rescue. The Master of the Ontario was awarded a binocular glass by the Board of Trade. The First Mate, William Henry Sanders who was in charge of the ship’s boats, was awarded the Board of Trade Silver Medal for Gallantry and binocular glass; the Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners Royal Benevolent Society’s Silver Medal and the Lloyd’s Silver Medal for Saving Life at Sea. Four other members of the crew (not Lewis) were awarded the Lloyd’s Bronze Medal for Saving Life at Sea. All six men of the crew received a monetary grant (£2-3) from the Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners Royal Benevolent Society.

With copied roll extracts.