Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria, to include the Brian Ritchie Collection (Part I)

Pair: Able Seaman T. J. Phillips, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

British War and Victory Medals (WZ. 3897 A.B., R.N.V.R.), extremely fine (2) £60-80

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the collection of Angela and the late Douglas Bertram.

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Thomas James Phillips was killed in action on 16 September 1918, when the Canadian Steamship Line’s Acadian was torpedoed and sunk off Trevose Head with the loss of 25 men, including her captain. Phillips was most probably employed as a Gunner.