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A rare Great War 'Tanga Harbour' D.S.M. group of six awarded to Chief Engine Room Artificer...
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A rare Great War ‘Tanga Harbour’ D.S.M. group of six awarded to Chief Engine Room Artificer Arthur Towle, H.M.S. Severn, Royal Navy Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (269635 A. Towle, E.R.A. 1Cl. H.M.S. Severn. Tanga 19 Aug. 1915.); Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1902-04 (A. Towle, E.R.A. 3Cl., H.M.S. Highflyer); 1914-15 Star (269635 A. Towle, E.R.A.1., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (269635 A. Towle. Act. C.E.R.A.2 R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (269635 Arthur Towle, E.R.A. 1Cl., H.M.S. Pomone.) mounted as worn, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine (6) £2,400-£2,800 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- D.S.M. London Gazette 14 July 1916. Awarded for the attack on Tanga Harbour 19 August 1915, by H.M.S. Severn and the whalers Fly and Pickle. Two D.S.Ms awarded to each vessel. On 19 August 1915, the monitor H.M.S. Severn, accompanied by two whalers, Fly and Pickle, entered Tanga Harbour and destroyed the German S.S. Markgraf and a lighter of mines under a heavy fire from the shore. The ‘Dash into Tanga’ is fully described by E. Keble Chatterton in Severn’s Saga, which chronicles the extraordinary story of this ship’s long campaign against the Königsberg and subsequent operations off the coast of East Africa from the outset of the war until November 1916. Arthur Towle was born in Derby on 16 May 1876, and joined the Navy as an acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class on 11 February 1899, a fitter and turner by trade. He served in Highflyer from May 1900 to November 1903, including operations off Somaliland in 1902-03. He joined the Severn on 30 July 1914 and was present at all of the operations described in Severn’s Saga. Towle left Severn in November 1916 and was invalided out of the service on 3 October 1917. Sold with copies of the official report on this action and full service record.
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A rare Great War ‘Tanga Harbour’ D.S.M. group of six awarded to Chief Engine Room Artificer Arthur Towle, H.M.S. Severn, Royal Navy Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (269635 A. Towle, E.R.A. 1Cl. H.M.S. Severn. Tanga 19 Aug. 1915.); Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1902-04 (A. Towle, E.R.A. 3Cl., H.M.S. Highflyer); 1914-15 Star (269635 A. Towle, E.R.A.1., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (269635 A. Towle. Act. C.E.R.A.2 R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (269635 Arthur Towle, E.R.A. 1Cl., H.M.S. Pomone.) mounted as worn, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine (6) £2,400-£2,800 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- D.S.M. London Gazette 14 July 1916. Awarded for the attack on Tanga Harbour 19 August 1915, by H.M.S. Severn and the whalers Fly and Pickle. Two D.S.Ms awarded to each vessel. On 19 August 1915, the monitor H.M.S. Severn, accompanied by two whalers, Fly and Pickle, entered Tanga Harbour and destroyed the German S.S. Markgraf and a lighter of mines under a heavy fire from the shore. The ‘Dash into Tanga’ is fully described by E. Keble Chatterton in Severn’s Saga, which chronicles the extraordinary story of this ship’s long campaign against the Königsberg and subsequent operations off the coast of East Africa from the outset of the war until November 1916. Arthur Towle was born in Derby on 16 May 1876, and joined the Navy as an acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class on 11 February 1899, a fitter and turner by trade. He served in Highflyer from May 1900 to November 1903, including operations off Somaliland in 1902-03. He joined the Severn on 30 July 1914 and was present at all of the operations described in Severn’s Saga. Towle left Severn in November 1916 and was invalided out of the service on 3 October 1917. Sold with copies of the official report on this action and full service record.
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