WW1 British War & Victory Medals Pair To Pte Harry Mordlock, Royal Army Medical Corps (Survivor of the Sinking of H T Transylvania )

British War 1914-18 & Victory Medal 1914-19
102767 Pte H Mordlock, RAMC
Together with Medal Index Card to
Pte Harry Mordlock, Royal Army Medical Corps
Also with copy of service papers
Embarked Southampton 14 4 1917 With MTT Reinforcements Embarked Marseilles H. T. Transylvania and Transfered at Sea to H. T Savona
after sinking H T Transylvania
The liner Transylvania was completed just before the outbreak of the First World War and was to have served the Anchor Line, which was a subsidiary of the Cunard Line.
Transylvania was taken over for service as a troop transport on completion and the Admiralty fixed her capacity at 200 officers and 2,860 men plus her crew.
On 3 May 1917 she left Marseilles for Alexandria with an escort of two Japanese destroyers, the Matsu and the Sakak
At 10 am on the 4th the Transylvania was struck in the port engine room by a torpedo from a German submarine the U-63 whilst on a zig-zag course at a speed of 14 knots. At the time she was South of Cape Vado in the Gulf of Genoa.while carrying Allied troops to Egypt and sank with a loss of 412 lives
while carrying Allied troops to Egypt and sank with a loss of 412 lives
Home address given as 25 Heys Lane, Darwen

Code: 55938