Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Storekeeper H. G. Nixon, Mercantile Marine, who survived the sinking of the Lusitania, being rescued from the sea, and was later killed when S.S. Thracia was torpedoed on 27 March 1917

British War and Mercantile Marine War Medals (Harold G. Nixon) good very fine (2) £300-£400

Harold G. Nixon was serving as a storekeeper in the S.S. Lusitania, when she was torpedoed and sunk by the German Submarine U.20 on 7 May 1915. Rescued from the sea, he was discharged at Queenstown and returned to sea with the Cunard Steam Ship Company. While serving as Chief Steward of S.S. Thracia, the ship was torpedoed and sunk by UC.69 on 27 March 1917 with the loss of 36 crew. Nixon is commemorated on the Mercantile Marine Memorial at Tower Hill.