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19 May 2021

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№ 153

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19 May 2021

Hammer Price:
£160

Five: Leading Signalman T. B. C. Loach, Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (J.6794 T. B. C. Loach, L. Sig., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (J.6794 T. B. C. Loach. L. Sig. R.N.); Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (J.6794 (PO.B. 12950) T. B. C. Loach. L. Sig., R.F.R.); London Fire Brigade L.S. & G.C. (Fireman T. B. C. Loach) together with L.F.B. cap badge and ribbon bars including Defence Medal, good very fine (5) £60-£80

Thomas Benjamin Cutler Loach was born at Peckham, London, on 1 January 1894, and joined the Royal Navy on 12 January 1910, an errand boy by trade. He served in H.M.S. Barham from 1 October 1915 to 1 July 1918, and was present in her at the battle of Jutland. Sold with copied record of service.