Watch List notes:

*Sea Gallantry Medal (Foreign Services), G.V.R., silver issue, for gallantry and humanity (Herbert Person, "Trehawke". 18th April, 1925.), very fine / nearly extremely fine. Sea Gallantry Medal (Foreign Services), George V issue, awarded to Herbert Person of the Toluma for his part in the rescue of the crew of the S.S. Trehawke in the Straits of Magellan on 17 and 18 April 1925. The S.S. Trehawke, a British cargo steamer of 4,198 tons, was built in 1915 by John Readhead & Sons Ltd of South Shields in north-east England and initially owned by the Hain Steamship Co. Ltd of St. Ives, Cornwall. She was purchased in 1917 by P&O and moved to London but maintained her name & flag. The Toluma began life in 1907 as the Chipana, owned by Grace Line (W. R. Grace & Co.) of New York. In 1921 she was purchased from the New York & Pacific SS Co. by the Norwegian Wilhelm Wilhelmsen Line of Tønsberg and renamed Toluma. She was sold and scrapped in 1932. The citation for the award of the British Sea Gallantry Medal (Foreign Service) for the rescue of the crew of the S.S. Trehawke in the Straits of Magellan on 17 and 18 April 1925 was as follows: 'The steamship Trehawke, of St. Ives (Hain Steamship Co), stranded in the Straits of Magellan, during a violent gale accompanied by a heavy sea, thick rain and sleet, on the night of 16 April. Next day an attempt was made to launch a lifeboat but it could not live among the rocks. On the night of 17th the Toluma was attracted by rockets and she stood by until daybreak. The sea had slightly moderated when 21 survivors put off in the remaining boat and pulled about one mile through the surf to the Toluma. The exhausted men were assisted on board, but two unfortunately were drowned as a result of the boat being smashed against the vessel's side by a squall. A boat was immediately launched in charge of the Second Officer and manned by the seamen named from the Norwegian ship, when a search was made for the missing seaman without result. This boat then proceeded at considerable risk, owing to the proximity of the rocks, and heavy seas, and rescued the Master and 12 remaining survivors. The rescued men were later transferred to the Chilean revenue cutter Lencoton which conveyed them into Punta Arenas'. The Sea Gallantry Medal (Foreign Services) Silver Medal was awarded to: Hans Odegaard, Second Officer; James Cunningham, Seaman Hans Olsen, Seaman; Osvald Olsen, Seaman; Herbert Person, Seaman; Peter Soltvedt, Seaman; Arthur Tollefsen, Seaman. Herbert Person was born near the village of Edsbyn in central Sweden and married Selma Embretzen, a Norwegian citizen. A photograph is held in Swedish maritime archives of the couple with Herbert Person wearing the medal (see images). (£250-300)