Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Lloyd’s Medal for Saving Life at Sea, 1st large type bronze medallion (James Beattie, Coast Guard Blatchington, 1 March 1882) edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine £240-280

Provenance: Captain J. Hartford Collection, Glendining’s, September 1992.

James Beattie, Commissioned Boatman of Her Majesty’s Coastguard, Blatchington, Sussex, was awarded the Lloyd’s Medal for Saving Life at Sea for the rescue of the crew of the S.S. Gannet, which was wrecked in Seaford Bay: ‘On the 14th February, 1882, the steamship Gannet, of Leith, was wrecked in Seaford Bay due to high winds and dense fog.’ (The Sea Gallantry Medal, by R. J. Scarlett refers).

For their extraordinary exertions, Beattie, together with Commissioned Boatman M. G. Hazle, also of Blatchington, were both awarded the Sea Gallantry Medal.