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Pair: Engineer's Storekeeper G. H. T. Pearse, Merchant Navy, who was among those lost when...
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Pair: Engineer’s Storekeeper G. H. T. Pearse, Merchant Navy, who was among those lost when the Cunard’s S.S. Feltria was torpedoed and sunk off Mine Head on the Irish coast in May 1917
British War and Mercantile Marine War Medals (George H. T. Pearse) with Memorial Plaque (George Henry Taylor Pearse) in its card envelope, together with named card box of issue, this flattened, and Board of Trade registered envelope addressed to his widow, extremely fine (3) £100-£140
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George Henry Taylor Pearse was born in Avonmouth, Gloucestershire in 1881, although on registering for the Mercantile Marine he gave his birth year as 1887.
He was subsequently among those lost when the Cunard’s S.S. Feltria - bound from New York to Avonmouth - was torpedoed and sunk by the UC-48, eight miles S.E. of Mine Head, Co. Waterford, Ireland on 5 May 1917. The Captain and 44 of his crew lost their lives, either from the impact of the torpedo or from exposure in the ship’s life boats.
Pearse was the husband of Rosina Elizabeth Pearse (née Griffith) of 44 Twinnell Street, Stapleton Road, Bristol, who was sent his medals in March 1922. He is commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial.
British War and Mercantile Marine War Medals (George H. T. Pearse) with Memorial Plaque (George Henry Taylor Pearse) in its card envelope, together with named card box of issue, this flattened, and Board of Trade registered envelope addressed to his widow, extremely fine (3) £100-£140
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Importation Duty
This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK
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George Henry Taylor Pearse was born in Avonmouth, Gloucestershire in 1881, although on registering for the Mercantile Marine he gave his birth year as 1887.
He was subsequently among those lost when the Cunard’s S.S. Feltria - bound from New York to Avonmouth - was torpedoed and sunk by the UC-48, eight miles S.E. of Mine Head, Co. Waterford, Ireland on 5 May 1917. The Captain and 44 of his crew lost their lives, either from the impact of the torpedo or from exposure in the ship’s life boats.
Pearse was the husband of Rosina Elizabeth Pearse (née Griffith) of 44 Twinnell Street, Stapleton Road, Bristol, who was sent his medals in March 1922. He is commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial.
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Pair: Engineer’s Storekeeper G. H. T. Pearse, Merchant Navy, who was among those lost when the Cunard’s S.S. Feltria was torpedoed and sunk off Mine Head on the Irish coast in May 1917
British War and Mercantile Marine War Medals (George H. T. Pearse) with Memorial Plaque (George Henry Taylor Pearse) in its card envelope, together with named card box of issue, this flattened, and Board of Trade registered envelope addressed to his widow, extremely fine (3) £100-£140
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Importation Duty
This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK
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George Henry Taylor Pearse was born in Avonmouth, Gloucestershire in 1881, although on registering for the Mercantile Marine he gave his birth year as 1887.
He was subsequently among those lost when the Cunard’s S.S. Feltria - bound from New York to Avonmouth - was torpedoed and sunk by the UC-48, eight miles S.E. of Mine Head, Co. Waterford, Ireland on 5 May 1917. The Captain and 44 of his crew lost their lives, either from the impact of the torpedo or from exposure in the ship’s life boats.
Pearse was the husband of Rosina Elizabeth Pearse (née Griffith) of 44 Twinnell Street, Stapleton Road, Bristol, who was sent his medals in March 1922. He is commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial.
British War and Mercantile Marine War Medals (George H. T. Pearse) with Memorial Plaque (George Henry Taylor Pearse) in its card envelope, together with named card box of issue, this flattened, and Board of Trade registered envelope addressed to his widow, extremely fine (3) £100-£140
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Importation Duty
This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK
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George Henry Taylor Pearse was born in Avonmouth, Gloucestershire in 1881, although on registering for the Mercantile Marine he gave his birth year as 1887.
He was subsequently among those lost when the Cunard’s S.S. Feltria - bound from New York to Avonmouth - was torpedoed and sunk by the UC-48, eight miles S.E. of Mine Head, Co. Waterford, Ireland on 5 May 1917. The Captain and 44 of his crew lost their lives, either from the impact of the torpedo or from exposure in the ship’s life boats.
Pearse was the husband of Rosina Elizabeth Pearse (née Griffith) of 44 Twinnell Street, Stapleton Road, Bristol, who was sent his medals in March 1922. He is commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial.
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