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Mention in Despatches London Gazette 17.5.1917.
Bramley-Moore Medal 'Illuminated Vote of Thanks to Captain A.E. Jackson, White Star, S.S. Ionic; and Silver Medal and Certificate of Thanks each to J.H. Walker, 3rd Officer and Lieutenant W.T. Poustie, R.N.R., 5th Officer, in charge of two life-boats, for praiseworthy and humane services in rescuing the crew (24) of the French Schooner Daisy, which was abandoned in a sinking condition in the North Atlantic on 15 April 1927' (Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society, 88th Annual Report refers).
Just 39 Bramley-Moore Medals have been awarded since its institution in 1874, 20 of these being silver issues.
Lieutenant William Taylor Poustie joined the Royal Naval Reserve after gaining his Master's Certificate and was commissioned as a Sub-Lieutenant in September 1915. Soon afterwards he joined the Armed Merchant Cruiser H.M.S. Cedric, in which ship he served until being appointed to 'Special Service' in the following year - his Mention in Despatches reflected services on the Mediterranean Station (London Gazette 17.5.1917 refers). Poustie was advanced to Lieutenant in September 1917 and ended the War as an Assistant Shipping Intelligence Officer at Kingstown, soon after which he presumably joined the White Star Line.
Bramley-Moore Medal 'Illuminated Vote of Thanks to Captain A.E. Jackson, White Star, S.S. Ionic; and Silver Medal and Certificate of Thanks each to J.H. Walker, 3rd Officer and Lieutenant W.T. Poustie, R.N.R., 5th Officer, in charge of two life-boats, for praiseworthy and humane services in rescuing the crew (24) of the French Schooner Daisy, which was abandoned in a sinking condition in the North Atlantic on 15 April 1927' (Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society, 88th Annual Report refers).
Just 39 Bramley-Moore Medals have been awarded since its institution in 1874, 20 of these being silver issues.
Lieutenant William Taylor Poustie joined the Royal Naval Reserve after gaining his Master's Certificate and was commissioned as a Sub-Lieutenant in September 1915. Soon afterwards he joined the Armed Merchant Cruiser H.M.S. Cedric, in which ship he served until being appointed to 'Special Service' in the following year - his Mention in Despatches reflected services on the Mediterranean Station (London Gazette 17.5.1917 refers). Poustie was advanced to Lieutenant in September 1917 and ended the War as an Assistant Shipping Intelligence Officer at Kingstown, soon after which he presumably joined the White Star Line.