Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private T. Adams, Royal Marine Light Infantry

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902 (T. Adams. Pte. R.M.L.I., H.M.S. Doris) impressed naming; British War Medal 1914-20 (CH.9284 Pte. T. Adams. R.M.L.I.); Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (CH.9284 B.933 Pte. T. Adams. R.F.R.) mounted for display purposes with an R.M.L.I. sweetheart brooch, extremely fine £220-£260

Thomas Adams, a Labourer from Soho, London was born on 11 September 1878. He attested into the Royal Marine Light Infantry on 22 September 1896 and served during the Boer War in H.M.S. Doris, from September 1900 to April 1901. Transferring into the Royal Fleet Reserve in 1905, he was mobilised for service during the Great War and served afloat in the Armed Merchant Cruiser H.M.S. Marmora from August 1914 to January 1917 (the ship was later sunk on 23 July 1918). He was demobilised in March 1919.