Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Carpenter’s Crew T. T. Bainbridge, Royal Navy, who was killed in action during the Dardanelles Campaign when H.M.S. Amethyst came under Turkish Artillery fire on 14 March 1915

1914-15 Star (M.8138. T. T. Baindridge [sic]. Car. Cr., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (M.8138 T. T. Bainbridge. Car. Cr. R.N.) nearly extremely fine (3) £120-£160

Thomas Taylor Bainbridge was born in Thornaby, Yorkshire, on 1 January 1895 and joined the Royal Navy as Carpenter’s Crew on 25 August 1914. Posted to H.M.S. Amethyst on 18 January 1915, he served in her during the naval operations in the Dardanelles Campaign, and was killed in action in Amethyst on 14 March 1915, when she was hit by Turkish Artillery fire, with the loss of 26 men killed. He is commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.