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Auction: 9022 - Orders, Decorations, Medals & Militaria
Lot: 459

Three: Sub-Lieutenant A. Marsh, Royal Naval Reserve British War Medal (S. Lt. A. Marsh. R.N.R.); Mercantile Marine War Medal (Albert Marsh); Victory Medal (S. Lt. A. Marsh. R.N.R.), nearly extremely fine (3) Estimate £ 60-80 Sub-Lieutenant Albert Marsh served on the S.S. Hibernia, requisitioned by the Royal Navy and re-named H.M.S. Tara early in 1914. The vessel was sent to patrol the Northern Coast of Libya in October 1915, where she was torpedoed and sunk by the U-35, commanded by Waldemar Kophamel, off the coast at Sollum. Marsh survived the sinking and along with the rest of the survivors, approximately 92 Officers and Crew, was handed over to the Senussi tribe and marched to a Turkish-Senussi Prisoner-of-War camp deep in the Libyan desert. After 34 days they were rescued by the Yorkshire Yeomanry, led by the Duke of Westminster, in Rolls-Royce armoured cars and Model T Fords. During World War Two he commanded the S.S. Cambria and escaped the attention of U-boats patrolling the Irish Sea. His vessel was bombed and shot at by the Luftwaffe on his way back to Holyhead, but out manoeuvred the aircraft.

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