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Transport (1) S. Africa 1899-1902 (G. W. Jackson.);
British War Medal (Lieut G. W. Jackson. R.N.R.);
Mercantile Marine War Medal (George W. Jackson);
Victory Medal (Lieut. G. W. Jackson. R.N.R.)

Sold with photocopied newspaper cutting stating that 'Captain G. W. Jakson, late master of the steamer Polwick, has been granted a temporary commission as Lieutenant R.N.R. for patrol service.'

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Transport Medal (1) S. Africa 1899-1902 (G. H. Pierce.) re-engraved naming;
1914-15 Star (Lt. Commr. G. H. Pierce. R.N.V.R.);
British War Medal 1914-20 (Lt. Commr. G. H. Pierce. R.N.R.);
Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18 (George H. Pierce.);
Victory Medal 1914-19 (Lt. Commr. G. H. Pierce. R.N.R.);
War Medal 1939-45 (70117 G. H. Pierce);
Africa Service Medal (70117 G. H. Pierce);
France, Third Republic, Legion of Honour, Chevalier’s breast badge, silver, gilt, and enamel

George Herbert Pierce served as Master of the Cunard Steamship Cephalonia on transport duty during the Boer War (entitled to the Transport Medal, with the medal roll annotated to state that his original medal was unclaimed and returned), and subsequently as a Lieutenant-Commander in both the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve and the Royal Naval Reserve during the Great War, latterly in command of a small ‘Q’ Ship (copied research with lot refers). He was subsequently British Naval Resident at the French Basque port of St. Jeane de Luz, for which service he was awarded the French Legion of Honour (London Gazette 27 May 1919). Emigrating to South Africa, he served at home during the Second World War as a Lieutenant in the Seaward Defence Force, South African Naval Force.

Sold for a hammer price of GBP 700. Totals: GBP 902. R 19,930. AUD 1,650. NZD 1,800. CAD 1,500. USD 1,100. EUR 1,010.

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Transport Medal (1) S. Africa 1899-1902 (L. W. Pooley);
1914-15 Star (Lt. Commr. L. W. Pooley. R.N.R.);
British War and Victory Medals (Lt. Commr. L. W. Pooley. R.N.R.)

Llewellyn Willoughby Pooley was born on 6 July 1871 in Bootle, Lancashire. He served as Second Officer in SS Ortona during the Boer War.

He was commissioned into the Royal Naval Reserve on 2 January 1901. Promoted Lieutenant on 5 December 1904, and Lieutenant-Commander on 13 January 1912, he served during the Great War, and was placed on the retired list with the rank of Commander on 31 March 1919.

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Transport Medal (2) S Africa 1899-1902 , China 1900 (A G Larking);
BWM and VM (Lt Commander A G Larking RNR)

2nd Officer on the Assaye: www.angloboerwar.com/forum/11-research/9...hips?start=228#97746


Part of the Transport Medal naming

A miniature group.


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Transport (1) S. Africa 1899-1902;
1914-15 Star;
British War Medal 1914-20;
Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18;
Victory Medal 1914-19;
Defence and War Medals 1939-45;
Africa Service Medal;
France, Third Republic, Legion of Honour, Chevalier’s breast badge

George Herbert Pierce served as Master of the Cunard Steamship Cephalonia on transport duty during the Boer War: www.angloboerwar.com/forum/11-research/9...hips?start=102#81437

He subsequently served as a Lieutenant-Commander in both the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve and the Royal Naval Reserve during the Great War, latterly in command of a small ‘Q’ Ship. He was subsequently British Naval Resident at the French Basque port of St. Jeane de Luz, for which service he was awarded the French Legion of Honour (London Gazette 27 May 1919). Emigrating to South Africa, he served at home during the Second World War as a Lieutenant in the Seaward Defence Force, South African Naval Force.

Note: The recipient’s full-sized medals, excluding the Defence Medal for which entitlement is unconfirmed, sold by Noonan's in May 2024: www.angloboerwar.com/forum/5-medals-and-...medal?start=30#95497

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Transport Medal (2) China 1900, S. Africa 1899-1902 (J. Barrett);
British War and Mercantile Marine War Medals (William J. Barrett) official correction to one letter of surname.

Together with hospital ship Maine white metal commemorative medallion for the American Ladies Hospital Ship Fund and ‘United Spanish War Veterans 1898-1902’ lapel badge, the reverse stamped U.S.S. Maine.

William John Barrett was born in London in 1871 and was apprenticed to Lester & Perkins, Shipwrights in January 1888. That apprenticeship served, he joined the Atlantic Transport Line in 1893, an American company that operated its ships under the British flag. Barrett subsequently served in the company’s steamers as a Junior Engineer from December 1893 to June 1897, as 5th, 4th, and 3rd Engineer and, from August 1897 to July 1901, as 2nd Engineer. And it was in the latter rank that he served off South Africa and China in the American Ladies Hospital Ship U.S.S. Maine from September 1899 until January 1903.

The Maine was originally the Atlantic Transport Line steamer Swansea, renamed in 1899 and lent to the British Government as a hospital ship for use in the Boer war and later in China during the Boxer rebellion. The Maine was fitted out as a hospital ship in London by Messrs. Fletcher & Son and Fearnall Ltd, the costs being met by the American Ladies Hospital Ship Fund, under the Chairmanship of Lady Randolph Churchill, mother of the future Prime Minister, who struck the above medallion to help with their fund raising.

Sold with a quantity of original documentation, including the recipient’s Board of Trade Continuous Certificates of Discharge (2), and his Certificate of Competency as First Class Engineer, together with several letters of recommendation (1895-1903), including those written by the Master and Chief Engineer of the Maine; his application for U.S. citizenship in New Orleans in 1905; Permission to Wear the War Medals of the Mercantile Marine authority and related forwarding letter, dated 29 May 1924.