1914/15 Trio Ord Seaman Fitzmaurice Royal Navy HMS London

1914/15 Star named L 3244 T E FITZMAURICE OS2 RN, British War & Victory Medals named L 3244 T E FITZMAURICE OS1 RN.

Thomas Edward Fitzmaurice born 21st Jun 1893 was born in Battersea, London and was an 18 year old labourer when he enlisted into the Royal Navy numbered K3244 as a Ord Seaman 3rd Class on 19th Nov 1911. When WW1 started he was on HMS London till 26th Oct 1916, she attached to the Channel Fleet before she was detached in March 1915 to participate in the Dardanelles Campaign, supporting ANZAC forces as they landed at Gaba Tepe and Anzac Cove on 25 April 1915. She remained in the Mediterranean, supporting the Italian Royal Navy in the Adriatic Sea until October 1916. Next he was mainly on HMS Vivid the shore establishment. He left the navy on 28 Apr 1919.