Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Fireman E. Kerwin, Mercantile Fleet Auxiliary

1914-15 Star (Fmn., M.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (Fmn., M.F.A.); Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18 (E. M. Kirwin); Memorial Plaque (Edward Maurice Kirwin) nearly extremely fine (5) £160-200

Fireman Edward Maurice Kerwin (spelt ‘Kirwin’ on medals) was killed in action, aged 40 years, on 24 December 1917, when the S.S. Canova was sunk by a submarine 15 miles south of Mine Head, Co. Waterford. He was one of seven men killed. The husband of Mary Catherine Kerwin of 28 Clifford Street, Bootle, Lancashire; his name is commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial.

Mercantile Marine Medal with forwarding slip addressed to the recipient’s wife, dated 1 May 1922; Memorial Plaque with accompanying slip in card envelope and with damaged medal card boxes of issue.