A Second World War British Merchant Navy Officer's Jacket, with gilt buttons and gilt lace rank...
A Second World War British Merchant Navy Officer's Jacket, with gilt buttons and gilt lace rank cuffs, to Chief Officer John James Kenneth Lamb MN (1908 - 1942), who served aboard the S.S. Reynolds, together with a wedding photograph and his Mercantile Marine Service Association Membership Card. Footnote:- The unescorted S.S. Reynolds was hit by two torpedoes from U-504 on 31st October 1942 when approximately 210 miles east of Durban, South Africa en route to Karachi, India with general cargo. She was hit amidships and in the stern, capsized and sank within seconds. The master, thirty nine crew members and seven gunners were lost at sea.