Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Petty Officer T. Revell, Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (177314, T. Revell, P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (177314 T. Revell. P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (177314 Thomas Revell, Lg. Sean., H.M.S. Andromache.) contact marks, nearly very fine (4) £80-£120

Thomas Revell was born in Ramsgate on 15 July 1877. A Smack Boy, he enlisted in the Royal Navy on 15 July 1895. Smack Boys were child apprentices on the fishing smacks, some as young as ten years old. When ashore they lived and rested above the Sailor’s Church, Ramsgate and later, next door in the Home for Smack Boys. Awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 19 January 1912, he was advanced Petty Officer on 8 January 1915, and his service during the Great War included service in H.M.S. Woolwich. He transferred to the Royal Fleet Reserve on 17 July 1917.