Orders, Decorations and Medals

Arethusa & Chichester Training Ship Medal, figure of Hope standing by rocks on the seashore, mantle flowing behind, one hand raised, the other resting on an anchor, a sailing ship in the background, enclosed by a band inscribed, ‘England expects every man to do his duty’; reverse inscription in raised letters, ‘Arethusa & Chichester Training Ships’ and engraved, ‘For Service Rendered 1917 S.S. Ivernia’ (W. H. Field, A.B. (?) Nov. 1918), edge additionally stamped ‘J.A.R.’, 38mm., silver, suspension broken and missing, slight edge bruising, very fine £40-60

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Training Ship and Prize Medals.

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During the Great War, the Cunard liner R.M.S. Ivernia, 14,278 tons, was commissioned as an auxiliary transport. She was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine UB-47 on 1 January 1917, 58 miles S.E. of Cape Matapan when on her way to Alexandria. At the time of the attack she was carrying some 2,400 troops of the Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders, Royal Scots Fusiliers, Rifle Brigade and Yeomanry. Of these, three officers and 82 other ranks were killed, and of the crew, two officers and 34 other ranks died.