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A Collection of Awards to Merchant Seamen and D.E.M.S. Gunners

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№ 188

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11 December 2013

Hammer Price:
£160

A Second World War B.E.M. attributed to Main Engine Greaser T. L. Jones, Merchant Navy

British Empire Medal, (Civil) G.VI.R., 1st issue (Thomas L. Jones), edge bruise, very fine £100-120

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Awards to Merchant Seamen and D.E.M.S. Gunners.

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B.E.M. London Gazette 24 June 1946.

Thomas Lloyd Jones, who was born in January 1876, appears to have served aboard the S.S.
Tilapa as a Main Engine Greaser for the duration of the 1939-45 War, and was 70 years of age at the time of receiving his B.E.M.; sold with brief details.