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Victory Medal 1914-18
Awarded to Commander Henry James Bray DSC (1882-1959). Obverse: Winged Victory standing (front), a palm branch in her right hand, her left arm outstretched. Reverse: Within a laurel garland, Inscription: 'THE GREAT WAR FOR CIVILIZATION 1914-1919'. Inscribed on edge: 'LIEUT. H.J. BRAY R.N.R.' Fitted with a ring and watered silk ribbon of rainbow hues. Mounted on a bar with five others.
Henry James Bray was born in Shrewsbury in 1882 and qualified as a Merchant Navy captain in 1910. From 1910-1914 he was master of the ‘Holt Hill’, a four-masted barque. During World War I Bray served as a lieutenant in the Royal Naval Reserve and in 1916, while commanding the armed trawler ‘Searanger’, helped to sink the German submarine ‘U-74’ which was on a mine-laying expedition in the Firth of Forth. Bray was awarded the DSC for this action. He was promoted to Acting Lieutenant-Commander in 1919.
Henry James Bray was born in Shrewsbury in 1882 and qualified as a Merchant Navy captain in 1910. From 1910-1914 he was master of the ‘Holt Hill’, a four-masted barque. During World War I Bray served as a lieutenant in the Royal Naval Reserve and in 1916, while commanding the armed trawler ‘Searanger’, helped to sink the German submarine ‘U-74’ which was on a mine-laying expedition in the Firth of Forth. Bray was awarded the DSC for this action. He was promoted to Acting Lieutenant-Commander in 1919.
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Object Details
| ID: | MED1596 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | War medal |
| Display location: | Display - Forgotten Fighters |
| Creator: | Unknown; McMillan, William |
| Events: | World War I, 1914-1918 |
| Date made: | 1919 |
| People: | Bray, Henry James |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 36 mm |