Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Mercantile Marine Service Association Medal, silver, the reverse officially inscribed, ‘To William Griffith, Steward, Ship “Glenesslin”, For Gallantry in Saving Life at Sea, February 1902’, extremely fine £180-220

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Awards to Merchant Seamen and D.E.M.S. Gunners.

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William Griffith also received the Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society’s Medal, in silver, on the same occasion, the Society’s records stating:

‘Vote of Thanks to Captain Thomas B. Pritchard of the ship Glenesslin, for the skilful manner in which he handled his vessel in the mid-Pacific on 11 February 1900, and 1 March 1900, when on each occasion a man fell overboard and was picked up after being a considerable time in the water; also Silver Medal and Vote of Thanks to William Griffith, the Steward, who took charge of the boat sent to effect both rescues.’