Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society, Marine Medal, 3rd type, silver (To Alfred A. Whittingham, for Gallant Service 1s. Augt. 1916.) lacking integral top riband buckle, edge bruising, good very fine £200-£240

Alfred Alexander Whittingham, of the School Ship Indefatigable, was awarded the Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society’s silver medal for his gallantry in ‘rescuing James Foy, aged 12, who was said to be deaf and dumb, from drowning in the Mersey near to Egremont Ferry on 1 August 1916. Foy was wading, and was apparently seized with a fit and collapsed in the water.’ (Birkenhead and Cheshire Advertiser, 5 August 1916 refers).

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