Previous Lot Next Lot

Auction: 23113 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 478

Three: Able Seaman T. L. Osborne, Royal Navy, late Mercantile Marine

British War and Victory Medals (J.55531 T. L. Osborne. A.B. R.N.); Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-19 (Thomas Osborne) good very fine (3)

Thomas Leonard Osborne was born on 8 October 1899 at Woodford, Essex. He initially served in the Great War as a Boy with the Mercantile Marine, then on 20 July 1916 he joined the Royal Navy at Tilbury as a Boy II, initially serving on Impregnable where he was promoted to Boy I. On 13 July 1917 he was sent to join Venus, an Eclipse-class Cruiser launched in 1895. Osborne was promoted to Ordinary Seaman on 8 October 1917, and was further promoted to Able Seaman on 15 August 1918, he was invalided from the Royal Navy on 13 August 1919.

Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.

Sold for
£70

Starting price
£40