b. ? d. ?
DATE OF AM ACTION: 11/04/1877 Tynewydd Colliery, Porth, Glamorgan.
Very little is known about Malcolm Thompson, who was serving on the Tug “Sunderland” as an Able Seaman during World War 1.
AM CITATION:
On the 8th November, 1916, a series of fires and explosions occurred at Bakaritsa, Port of Archangel, on merchant ships and on the wharves. The S.S. Baron Dreisen had blown up at 1 p.m. and part of the S.S. Earl of Forfar forty minutes later. The latter ship, with a cargo of explosives, was on fire, and might have blown up at any moment, and explosions were continually taking place in the immediate vicinity. The ship was alongside the main fire on shore, and burning embers were constantly showered over her. Lieutenant Richardson, 2nd Engineer Watson, and Able Seamen Henry and Thompson, of the Tug Sunderland, nevertheless volunteered to board the Earl of Forfar and effected the rescue of a considerable number of wounded and helpless men who would otherwise have perished. They displayed the utmost gallantry and disregard of their own personal safety in saving the lives of others.
BURIAL LOCATION: UNKNOWN.
LOCATION OF MEDAL: PRIVATELY HELD. SOLD AT DNW IN SEPTEMBER 2019 FOR £5,000.
Acknowledgement:
Dix Noonan Webb – Image of Malcolm Thompson Albert Medal.