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Auction: 5005 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 601

xPair: Private J.A. Purcell, Canadian Army Medical Corps 1914-15 Star (50089 Pte. J.A. Purcell. Can: A.M.C.); Victory Medal (50089 Pte. J. Purcell. C.A.M.C.), with bronze memorial plaque in card case of issue, and enclosure slip for 1914-15 Star; together with 1914-15 Star [2] (276163., T.A. Lewis, Ch. Sto., R.N.; Po. 13188, Pte. F. Bell. R.M.L.I.); British War Medal [3] (145994 Gnr. F.A. Lawrence. R.A.; K.11667 T.W. Clarke. S.P.O. R.N.; 1363 Gnr. W. Hamilton. S.A.H.A.), number on last BWM privately engraved; Victory Medal [2] (1220 Pte. H.L. Barker. Notts. & Derby. R.; 18864 Pte. J. Holmes. Notts. & Derby. R.); Mercantile Marine Medal (William Hamilton), very fine or better (11) Estimate £ 130-150 50089 Private John Arthur Purcell, was lost at sea 27.6.1918 (comemorated on the Halifax Memorial, Canada), when the Llandovery Castle (Hospital Ship) was sunk by a U Boat 116 miles South West of Fastnet. Out of the crew of 258, 146 were killed or missing; of the original 97 medical personnel only 6 survived. Two W. Hamiltons are listed as Mercantile Marine casualties.

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