A Sea Gallantry Medal For The Wreck Of The Androsa; 1897 Hold indicating the rank to be

indicating the rank to be that of Major

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the thin tissue that lines the inner wall of the abdomen and covers most of the abdominal organs) and Starvation

and is buried at Tyne Cot Cemetery

Merit medal 1st

A Sea Gallantry Medal For The Wreck Of The Androsa; 1897 Hold indicating the rank to beA Sea Gallantry Medal for the Wreck of the Androsa; March 8, 1897 Description: Bronze, engraved in capitals "JOHN D. BORDESSA WRECK OF THE "ANDROSA" ON THE 8th MARCH 1897." on the rim, obverse illustrating the left facing bust of a young Queen Victoria, surrounded by the inscription "AWARDED BY THE BOARD OF TRADE FOR GALLANTRY IN SAVING LIFE V. R." and engraver marked "B. WYON SC." (Bernard Wyon) below the bust, reverse illustrating a family on a