Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Stoker 1st Class Sidney Bond, Royal Navy, who died when H.M.S. Seagull was in collision with the S.S. Corrib in September 1918

1914-15 Star (K.15655 S. Bond. Sto. 1. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (K.15655 S. Bond. Sto. 1. R.N.) together with Bronze Memorial Plaque (Sidney Bond) mounted on contemporary display board with original post card portrait, extremely fine (4) £180-£220

Sidney Bond died on 30 September 1918 when his ship, the torpedo gunboat H.M.S. Seagull, was in collision with the S.S. Corrib with the loss of 56 lives. He is commemorated by name on the Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon.