Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Midshipman T. A. S. Beeston, Royal Naval Reserve and Mercantile Marine

British War Medal 1914-20 (Mid. T. A. S. Beeston. R.N.R.); Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18 (Thomas A. S. Beeston); Victory Medal 1914-19 (Mid. T. A. S. Beeston. R.N.R.) very fine (3) £50-£70

Thomas Arthur Schofield Beeston was born in Leeds on 11 April 1899 and was commissioned Midshipman in the Royal Naval Reserve on 21 January 1916. He served during the Great War in the commissioned Merchant Vessel Avenger from 17 March 1916, and then in the Torpedo Boat Destroyer H.M.S. Ferret from 12 July 1917 until the cessation of hostilities.

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