Very scarce Mercantile Marine WW1 pair to a Woman - Margaret Sorrell
Two medals correctly impressed to Margaret Sorrell:
a) British War Medal, 1914 - 1918
b) Mercantile Marine War Medal, 1914 - 1918.
It is rare to find this medal to a woman, although I have heard it said that a number of women were used to 'man' the cross channel ferries. It is rarer still to find the medals together as pair.
Listed in the WW1 Mercantile Marine Medal card index . Her details are given as follows:
Place of Birth: Glasgow
Year of Birth: 1880
Medals sent to: 8 Burlington Road, Polygon(?), Southampton on 18 September 1923.
Certificate of Discharge No: 589279
Medals GVF, some SEK. Very scarce.
Code: 51330