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Auction: 14002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 193

Pair: Ordinary Seaman J.W. Marsh, Royal Navy, Killed in Action in H.M.S. Black Prince at the Battle of Jutland, 31.5.1916
1914-15 Star (J.35814. J.W. Marsh, Ord., R.N.); Victory Medal (J.35814 J.W. Marsh. Ord. R.N.), good very fine

Pair: Mr. T. Oliver, Mercantile Marine
British War Medal (Thomas Oliver); Mercantile Marine War Medal (Thomas Oliver), extremely fine, both in named card boxes of issue (4)

J.35814 Ordinary Seaman John William Marsh, of Manchester; enlisted in the Royal Navy and served during the Great War in H.M.S. Black Prince; killed in action at the Battle of Jutland, 31.5.1916, when H.M.S. Black Prince was sunk with the loss of all hands, and is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial.

Mr. Thomas Oliver, served during the Great War as a Fireman in the S.S. Normandy; killed in action when the Normandy was torpedoed 8 miles off Cape La Hague, 25.1.1918, and sank with the loss of 14 lives, and is commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial, London.

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