Auction Catalogue

16 April 2020

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Lot

№ 359

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16 April 2020

Hammer Price:
£200

Five: Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class T. Powell, Royal Navy

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (268745 T. Powell, E.R.A., H.M.S. Redbreast.); 1914-15 Star (268745, T. Powell, C.E.R.A.1., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (268745 T. Powell. C.E.R.A.1 R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (268745. Thomas Powell, C.E.R.A. 1Cl. H.M.S. Tamar.) minor official correction to Christian name, mounted for wear, the QSA nearly very fine, the rest good very fine (5) £160-£200

Thomas Powell was born in Newcastle Higher, Glamorgan, on 7 January 1871, and joined the Royal Navy on 9 June 1896. He was posted to H.M.S. Redbreast on 4 April 1900, and was advanced Acting Chief Engine Room Artificer on 1 January 1905. He served during the Great War mainly borne on the books of various shore establishments, before joining H.M.S. Tamar on 17 March 1917, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 15 March 1918, prior to being shore pensioned on 10 December 1919.