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A Life Saving group of five awarded to Sergeant T. S. Glasson, Royal Marine Light Infantry,...

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A Life Saving group of five awarded to Sergeant T. S. Glasson, Royal Marine Light Infantry, who risked his life twice, both before and during his Royal Marine service 1914-15 Star (Ply. 9698 Sgt. T. Glasson. R.M.L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (Ply. 9698 Sgt. T. S. Glasson. R.M.L.I.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (Ply. 9698 T. S. Glasson. Sergeant. R.M.L.I.); Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful) (Thomas Glasson, June. 22. 1897)with bronze Second Award Clasp (Thomas S. Glasson 18th Dec. 1900) mounted court-style for display, edge bruising and contact marks, polished, nearly very fine (5) £240-£280 --- R.H.S. Case No. 28,975: ‘At 6.30 p.m. on 22 June 1897 James Bossence aged 12 in trying to swim across the River Taw at Barnstaple became exhausted 15 yards from the bank and 7 feet deep. Thomas Glasson, a clerk, jumped in fully clothed and effected the rescue after he had gone under twice.’ R.H.S. Case No. 31,099: ‘At 6 a.m. on 18 December 1900 Stoker J. S. Cook HMS Pelorus accidentally fell overboard from the ship at Barnpool, Plymouth 200 yards from shore and 20 feet deep with a strong ebb tide and on a dark morning. Private T. S. Glasson R.M.L.I. jumped in from the ship but Cook sank before being reached.’ Thomas Smith Glasson was born in Barnstaple, North Devon in 1881. A Clerk by trade he enlisted for the Plymouth Division Royal Marine Light Infantry on 29 April 1899. His first seagoing deployment was to H.M.S. Pelorus on 12 September 1900 for service with Channel Fleet and Gibraltar. Whilst in H.M.S. Prometheus he took part in the Coronation Fleet Review at Spithead on 16 August 1902. Promoted to Corporal in 1903 and passing for Sergeant 1st Class in 1905 he was employed in H.M.S. Donegal, an armoured cruiser on the North America and West Indies Station in 1911, and in H.M.S. Essex on a similar deployment in January 1914. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 29 July 1914. Disembarked due to sickness from H.M.S. Essex at Gibraltar on 19 October 1915 he returned to F Company, Plymouth Division before being discharged ‘Invalided’ on 16 August 1916. He was subsequently employed as a caretaker by the Commercial Union Assurance Company in Cardiff before retiring home to Barnstaple. He died in the North Devon Infirmary on 20 February 1956, aged 75. Sold with copied service records and other research.
A Life Saving group of five awarded to Sergeant T. S. Glasson, Royal Marine Light Infantry, who risked his life twice, both before and during his Royal Marine service 1914-15 Star (Ply. 9698 Sgt. T. Glasson. R.M.L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (Ply. 9698 Sgt. T. S. Glasson. R.M.L.I.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (Ply. 9698 T. S. Glasson. Sergeant. R.M.L.I.); Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful) (Thomas Glasson, June. 22. 1897)with bronze Second Award Clasp (Thomas S. Glasson 18th Dec. 1900) mounted court-style for display, edge bruising and contact marks, polished, nearly very fine (5) £240-£280 --- R.H.S. Case No. 28,975: ‘At 6.30 p.m. on 22 June 1897 James Bossence aged 12 in trying to swim across the River Taw at Barnstaple became exhausted 15 yards from the bank and 7 feet deep. Thomas Glasson, a clerk, jumped in fully clothed and effected the rescue after he had gone under twice.’ R.H.S. Case No. 31,099: ‘At 6 a.m. on 18 December 1900 Stoker J. S. Cook HMS Pelorus accidentally fell overboard from the ship at Barnpool, Plymouth 200 yards from shore and 20 feet deep with a strong ebb tide and on a dark morning. Private T. S. Glasson R.M.L.I. jumped in from the ship but Cook sank before being reached.’ Thomas Smith Glasson was born in Barnstaple, North Devon in 1881. A Clerk by trade he enlisted for the Plymouth Division Royal Marine Light Infantry on 29 April 1899. His first seagoing deployment was to H.M.S. Pelorus on 12 September 1900 for service with Channel Fleet and Gibraltar. Whilst in H.M.S. Prometheus he took part in the Coronation Fleet Review at Spithead on 16 August 1902. Promoted to Corporal in 1903 and passing for Sergeant 1st Class in 1905 he was employed in H.M.S. Donegal, an armoured cruiser on the North America and West Indies Station in 1911, and in H.M.S. Essex on a similar deployment in January 1914. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 29 July 1914. Disembarked due to sickness from H.M.S. Essex at Gibraltar on 19 October 1915 he returned to F Company, Plymouth Division before being discharged ‘Invalided’ on 16 August 1916. He was subsequently employed as a caretaker by the Commercial Union Assurance Company in Cardiff before retiring home to Barnstaple. He died in the North Devon Infirmary on 20 February 1956, aged 75. Sold with copied service records and other research.

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