Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Master C. A. James, Mercantile Marine
British War and Mercantile Marine War Medals (Charles A. James) BWM officially re-impressed; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45, mounted for display, nearly extremely fine

Four: Third Engineer R. R. Burdon, Mercantile Marine
1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; together with the recipient’s Ministry of Transport Continuous Certificate of Discharge, good very fine

Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18 (2) (James G. Ball; Louis I. Hatch) good very fine (11) £70-£90

Charles Alfred James was born in Cardiff on 24 March 1892 and received his Master’s Certificate of 27 September 1915. He served during the Second World War in the S.S. British Grenadier; this ship was torpedoed by enemy submarine 140 miles off Cape Sierra Leone in the mid-Atlantic on 22 May 1941. Sold with copied research.

Richard Ronald Burdon was born in Sunderland on 20 September 1921. Sold with copied research including a photographic image of the recipient.

James Gilbert Ball was born in Plymouth in 1862 and was employed as a Great Western Railway Engineer. He served during the Great War both in the Mercantile Marine and as an Engineer Sub-Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Reserve. Sold with copied research.

Louis Isaac Hatch was born in Greenwich in 1866 and was employed as a Stoker on a River Thames tug. Sold with copied research.