Auction Catalogue

21 September 2001

Starting at 12:00 PM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 1092

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21 September 2001

Hammer Price:
£65

Pair: Chief Officer James Hennessy, H.M. Coast Guard, late Royal Navy

British War Medal (133411 C.P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (Boatn. H.M. Coast Guard) good very fine (2) £40-50

James Hennessy was granted a ‘Meritorious award of 6 months seniority for promotion, for services rendered to H.M. Torpedo Boat No. 3, at Newhaven when on fire 15th July 1916’, and also ‘Awarded £1.00 by the Board of Trade for services at a wreck on 19th February 1919’. He was born at Birkenhead in December 1869, served in the Royal Navy from May 1885, and in the Coast Guard from August 1897, becoming Chief Officer in May 1919. Sold with full research.