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Coronation medal, George VI 1937
Awarded to Commander Henry James Bray DSC (1882-1959). Obverse: Busts of their Majesties, crowned (left). Reverse: Royal cypher 'GRI'. Legend: 'GEORGE VI QUEEN ELIZABETH'. Inscription: 'CROWNED 12 MAY 1937'.
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: | MED1600 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Coronation medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Metcalfe, Percy |
| Events: | Coronation of King George VI, 1937 |
| Date made: | 1937 |
| People: | Bray, Henry James |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 32 mm |