Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Boatswain T. T. G. Brain, Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (T. T. G. Brain. Bosn. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Bosn. T. T. G. Brain. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (180712 T. T. G. Brain, P.O. H.M.S. Vivid:) good very fine (4) £120-£160

Trevelyan Thomas George Brain was born at Swindon, Wiltshire, on 12 February 1879, and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on 12 July 1894. He achieved Petty Officer status in January 1902 and was advanced to Petty Officer 1st Class in April 1904. He transferred to the officer’s section on promotion to Acting Boatswain on 12 December 1912, and was confirmed in that rank on 12 December 1913. During the Great War he served in H.M. Ships Orion, Monarch, Carnarvon and Sandhurst.