Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Canteen Server V. T. Rackett, Royal Navy
British War and Victory Medals (V. T. Rackett Ctn. Sr.) VM officially re-impressed, good very fine

British War Medal 1914-20 (3) (J. M. Dunlop.; G. Lewis.; L. Thomas.) suspension bar bent on first, otherwise generally very fine (5) £50-£70

Victor T. Rackett, of Bitterne Park, Southampton, volunteered as a Canteen Server with the Royal Navy in January 1915 and was serving in H.M.S. Cornwallis when she was sunk by U-32 off the coast of Malta in January 1917. He was rescued and subsequently served in H.M.S Bacchante. He was demobilised in January 1919.

George Lewis, of Canton, Cardiff was serving as a Fireman and Trimmer aboard the S.S Trekieve (out of St Ives) when she was sunk by the submarine U-35 100 miles west of Gibraltar on 18 April 1917. He was one of three men lost and is commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial.

Leonard Thomas, a native of St Vincent in the United States, was serving as a Fireman aboard the S.S. Harbury (out of London) when she was sunk by U-37 on 9 June 1917 whilst on a voyage from Buenos Aries, Argentina to Brest in Northern France carrying a cargo of oats and maize. He was one of twelve hands lost and is commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial.