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British War Medal 1914-20 (Lt. Commr. B. Bannerman R.N.) extremely fine £100-£140

Bertrand Bannerman, Lieutenant-Commander, Royal Navy, was awarded the D.S.O. (London Gazette 2 November 1917) ‘for services in action with enemy submarines.’ Bannerman was 1st Lieutenant in H.M.S. Duke of Edinburgh at Jutland. Was in command of H.M.S. Halcyon in the North Sea and was in action against many enemy submarines. On 29 July 1917, Halcyon spotted a periscope near the Smiths Knoll buoy east of Yarmouth, and carried out a ramming attack, followed by dropping two depth charges. Halcyon was credited with sinking the submarine, UB-27.