Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

The British War Medal awarded to Steward W. H. Waugh, Mercantile Marine, who was killed in action when the S.S. Normandy was torpedoed and sunk on 25 January 1918

British War Medal 1914-20 (Wallace H. Waugh); Memorial Plaque (Wallace Helier Waugh) in card envelope; the BWM mounted for display purposes alongside a copy Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18, nearly extremely fine (3) £80-£100

Wallace Helier Waugh was born in Jersey, Channel Islands, in 1872 and served during the Great War as a Steward in the Mercantile Marine. He was killed in action when the S.S. Normandy was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-90 in the English Channel 8 miles from Cap de la Hague, France, on 25 January 1918, whilst carrying general cargo and mail from Southampton to Cherbourg. A number of the crew were rescued by a French destroyer, but 14 men, including Waugh, were killed. He is commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial.

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