Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Board of Trade Medal for Gallantry in Saving Life at Sea, V.R., large, bronze (Thomas Denehey wreck of the “Androsa” on the 8th March 1897) unmounted, good very fine £200-250

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

Seaman Thomas Denehey 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. In addition, Denehey was awarded the Lloyd’s Bronze Medal for Saving Life at Sea. 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.