British War Medal Mercantile Marine Casualty 1914

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British War Medal Mercantile Marine Casualty 1914

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British War Medal

Joseph E. Hirst.

Assistant steward S.S. Runo (Hull) Killed by mine 5th September 1914 aged 28. The son of Charles and Charlotte Hirst of 12 Clarence Avenue, Bridlington, Yorks. Commemorated on the Tower Hill memorial. S.S. Runo was destroyed by a mine laid by the Germans in the North Sea. The Wilson passenger liner Runo with 238 passengers on board sunk after hitting a mine 40 miles off Shields at 4.35o’clock, she was sailing from Hull to Archangel. Most of the passengers were Russian immigrants. Survivors were picked up by trawlers after the ship was shattered by the force of the explosion and quickly sunk.

Accompanied by copy photograph of S.S. Runo and copy newspaper and documentation regarding the sinking.

 

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British War Medal Mercantile Marine Casualty 1914

Out of stock

£60.00

Out of stock

Category:

Description

British War Medal

Joseph E. Hirst.

Assistant steward S.S. Runo (Hull) Killed by mine 5th September 1914 aged 28. The son of Charles and Charlotte Hirst of 12 Clarence Avenue, Bridlington, Yorks. Commemorated on the Tower Hill memorial. S.S. Runo was destroyed by a mine laid by the Germans in the North Sea. The Wilson passenger liner Runo with 238 passengers on board sunk after hitting a mine 40 miles off Shields at 4.35o’clock, she was sailing from Hull to Archangel. Most of the passengers were Russian immigrants. Survivors were picked up by trawlers after the ship was shattered by the force of the explosion and quickly sunk.

Accompanied by copy photograph of S.S. Runo and copy newspaper and documentation regarding the sinking.

 

Condition as shown in photographs

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