Mercantile Marine Medal Pair To Edward McLeary

Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18, British War Medal 1914-18
Edward McLeary
Served on H.M.S Norman as a Steward
He is from Oakley Road in Islington London
At the outbreak of the First World War in 1914 she was recommissioned as a troopship for a short while before reverting to the mail run. During this time she was part of the first convoy to take men of the British Expeditionary Force to France. 1918 saw her on troopship duties again, this time in the Mediterranean..
n May 1919 she was chartered to P&O for one voyage to Australia before returning to the mail run.

Code: 56296