Sgt Stripes Posted 12 January , 2019 Share Posted 12 January , 2019 Hi. I am looking for awards to personnel who were involved in the sinking of HMT TRANSYLVANIA. I have been told that a member of the ships crew named as Andrew G M`Lay was awarded a RHS medal in bronze for saving the life of a Engineer officer reported in the Dailey Record 8 January 1918 plus he was also awarded a Italian society for prevention of cruelty to animals silver medal for saving the life of a cat from the ship. Can anyone help to find any information on Andrew M`Lay and also help proving that he did receive both these medals. Many Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin DavidOwen Posted 13 January , 2019 Admin Share Posted 13 January , 2019 Might it be Andrew G McLay, Assistant Steward, born Glasgow age 22 in 1915? http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14583688 http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14740088 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt Stripes Posted 13 January , 2019 Author Share Posted 13 January , 2019 (edited) Cheers David. I think that's him. It was just I bit of information given to me and I thought it was spelt M`Lay but it does look like its McLay. I need to link him to the Transylvania and the awards. I have him on the tower memorial died 28.12.1942 SS Empire Shackleton. My father was onboard another Empire Ship The SS Empire song when it hit a mine and sunk. Edited 13 January , 2019 by Sgt Stripes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nepper Posted 13 January , 2019 Share Posted 13 January , 2019 The Daily Record definitely refers to him as M'Lay. The edition of January 8, 1918 covers the life-saving medal award but I haven't found any coverage of the animal award as yet. He hailed from Maryhill in Glasgow and a full account of the sinking and his efforts appears in the Daily Record for 25 May 1917 which also reveals that the cat was called Gaby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 13 January , 2019 Share Posted 13 January , 2019 M' was an early convention for writing Mc or Mac, but I didn't know it had survived so late. Interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nepper Posted 13 January , 2019 Share Posted 13 January , 2019 3 minutes ago, seaJane said: M' was an early convention for writing Mc or Mac, but I didn't know it had survived so late. Interesting. Could be the Daily Record being a very Scottish newspaper. The Hampshire Telegraph account of the sinking calls him McLay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 13 January , 2019 Share Posted 13 January , 2019 Sounds likely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt Stripes Posted 13 January , 2019 Author Share Posted 13 January , 2019 Thanks for taking the time and effort looking into this. Is there any chance that a print out of one of the articles could be added. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nepper Posted 13 January , 2019 Share Posted 13 January , 2019 4 minutes ago, Sgt Stripes said: Thanks for taking the time and effort looking into this. Is there any chance that a print out of one of the articles could be added. PM'd you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt Stripes Posted 13 January , 2019 Author Share Posted 13 January , 2019 Cheers . What a story. Puss used up all his nine lives that day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeZe Posted 10 January , 2023 Share Posted 10 January , 2023 Hi, Two nurses on board ‘Transylvania’ when it was torpedoed in May 1917. T.F.N.S. Staff Nurse Ethel May Godfrey JENNINGS WO 399/12389 T.F.N.S. Sister Ann(e) TAYLOR WO 399/14893 (p.45) Both mentioned LG 06.09.18 for valuable services during the incident: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30886/supplement/10526/data.pdf Regards ZeZe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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