Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Able Seaman J. Mallon, Howe Battalion, Royal Naval Division, taken Prisoner of War during the German Spring Offensive on 24 March 1918, and died in captivity on 29 July 1918

1914-15 Star (TZ.5251, J. Mallon, A.B., R.N.V.R.); British War and Victory Medals (T.Z.5215 J. Mallon. A.B. R.N.V.R.) traces of verdigris to Star, good very fine (3) £100-140

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to Prisoners of War.

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James Mallon was born on 9 September 1895 and enlisted in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve at Newcastle-upon-Tyne on 10 June 1915. Drafted for the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force on 25 October 1915, he joined the Howe Battalion, Royal Naval Division on 1 December 1915. Severely wounded in the right thumb on 13 November 1916, he was invalided to England on 6 December 1916, before being drafted for the British Expeditionary Force on 15 June 1917. He re-joined the Howe Battalion on 10 July 1917, before being attached to the 1st Royal Marine Battalion on 11 February 1918. He was taken Prisoner of War on 24 March 1918, during the German Spring Offensive, and died whilst in captivity from influenza in hospital near Hanover. He is buried in Cologne Southern Cemetery, Germany.