Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Chief Petty Officer T. McEwan, Drake Battalion, Royal Naval Division, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, who died on the Western Front, 2 September 1916

1914-15 Star (C.Z.714 T. McEwan, C.P.O., R.N.V.R.); British War and Victory Medals (C.Z.714 T. McEwan. P.O. R.N.V.R.) generally very fine or better (3) £60-£80

Thomas McEwan was born in Greenock, Scotland in August 1888. He joined the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve in October 1914, advanced to Petty Officer in March 1915, and to Chief Petty Officer in May 1915. McEwan served with Drake Battalion, Royal Naval Division and was ‘Found drowned at 63rd Divisional School, France’ on the Western Front, 2 September 1916. Chief Petty Officer McEwan is buried in Divion Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.