A good WW2 Royal Naval Reserve Medal Group of 4 to a Petty Officer Who was Taken Prisoner of War After his Ship, the Armed Merchant Cruiser H.M.S Voltaire Was Sunk by the German Raider Thor, 1939-45 Star Medal, Atlantic Star Medal, War Medal 1939-45, Royal Naval Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, GVIR 1st type, ‘6996 C G.E. OGILVIE P.O. R.N.R.’The auxiliary cruiser HMS Voltaire was on route from Trinidad to Freetown when she encountered the German commerce raider ‘Thor’ about 700 miles W.S.W. of the Cape Verde Islands on 4th April 1941. Despite being slower and out gunned by her opponent, Voltaire put up a determined resistance finally being sunk 2 hours after the action started. 13 Officers and 62 Ratings were killed, the Captain, Captain Blackburn, 21 Officers and 173 Ratings were taken prisoners of war. Captain Kohler of Thor reported that half of the sailors rescued were wounded and such was the ferocity of the fight that Thor had fired 724 rounds, over half of her ammunition during the battle.Geroge Edward Ogilvie from Southampton enrolled in the Royal Naval Reserve on 4th June 1925 and was serving on HMS Voltaire during this incident. He was one of the lucky survivors and was imprisoned in Camp 10B from 17th April 1941 until 19th July 1942 when he was transferred to Marlag and Milag Nord until his release on 28th April 1945. He was repatriated on 4th May 1945. His L.S.G.C. medal was awarded on 8th March 1946.