LONG SERVICE, CORONATION AND JUBILEE MEDALS
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ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, coinage head (K.55519 A. T. Butler, S.P.O., H.M.S. Enterprise) good very fine
£100-140
Chief Stoker Albert Thomas Butler, Royal Navy, was killed on 2 October 1942, aged 41 years, when the cruiser Curacoa was in
collision with the liner Queen Mary.
The Curacoa was part of the escort of the Queen Mary that was transporting some 15,000 American servicemen across the Atlantic to
the U.K. Travelling at high speed in heavy weather, the 80,000 ton liner made a sudden turn to starboard in response to a reported
submarine sighting and in doing so cut the escorting 4,290 ton Curacoa in two. Within five minutes the two portions of the vessel sank
with the loss of 25 officers and 313 ratings. Only 26 officers and men of the Curacoa survived the accident. The Queen Mary, although
damaged, made it across the Atlantic with her human cargo intact.
289
ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, coinage head (J.41968 W. Horwell, A.B., H.M.S. Furious) good very fine
£60-80
H.M.S. Furious was designed as a light battlecruiser but was completed in 1917 with a flight deck forward and one 18 inch calibre gun
aft. During the mid 1920’s she was extensively modified becoming a fully fledged aircraft carrier.
William Horwell was born on 28 September 1899. Sold with the recipient’s ‘History Sheet and Trade Certificate for Royal Navy Diver’ -
showing service on Furious, 3 November 1931-29 August 1933. Also with Certificate of Discharge, dated 7 November 1945; a Naval
Rating Railway Ticket (Grangemouth-Crediton), 7 July 1945, and W.W.2 medal forwarding slip for six medals (not itemised).
290
ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, coinage head (K.63025 D. C. Hockley, Ch. Sto., H.M.S. Glorious) very fine
£50-70
H.M.S. Glorious was launched in April 1916 as a light battlecruiser. By the time the above medal was awarded, the Glorious had been
converted into an aircraft carrier. She was sunk by the German battlecruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau during the evacuation of
Norway, 8 June 1940.
Dennis Charles Hockley was born on 8 August 1900 at Battersea, London. Having previously served in the Royal Navy, he rejoined in
February 1923 and was rated as a Stoker 1st Class. He became a Leading Stoker in September 1924 and Stoker Petty Officer in
November 1927. As a Chief Stoker aboard the monitor H.M.S. Drake (ex-Marshal Ney), he died whilst on war service on 4 November
1940, aged 40 years. He was buried in Plymouth (Weston Hill) Cemetery. He was the son of Charles and Emma Hockley and husband
of Emma Hockley. With copied Death Certificate and service paper (1923-29).
291
ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (MX.45981 G. J. Chapman, S.B.P.O. H.M.S. Boscawen) good very fine
£40-60
292
ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (KX.78589 J. A. Harrison, Sto. 1, H.M.S. Formidable) good very fine £50-70
H.M.S. Formidable was an Illustrious Class aircraft carrier.
293
ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (MX.48275 M. R. A. Sowter, C.E.R.A., H.M.S. Implacable) suspension claw
crudely re-riveted and slack, good very fine £50-70
M.I.D. London Gazette 24 March 1942.
Chief Engine Room Artificer Major Richard Arthur Sowter, R.N., was mentioned in despatches for services on the minesweeper H.M.S.
Bramble, for minesweeping operations in Northern Waters. The ship was later sunk in action whilst escorting a convoy to North Russia
on 31 December 1942. Sowter later served on H.M.S. Implacable, an Illustrious Class fleet aircraft carrier, on which he gained his Long
Service medal.
294
ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (JX.126956 P. Legendre, A.B., H.M.S. Phoenix) very fine £60-80
H.M.S. Phoenix was a Pathian Class submarine, launched in 1929. The vessel is believed to have been sunk on 16 July 1940 in depth
charge attack by the Italian Torpedo boat Albatros off the coast of Sicily.
295
ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 2nd issue (FX-82933 L. J. Cronin, Ch. Rad. Elect. H.M.S. Gannet) contact marks, minor
edge bruising, about very fine £30-50
H.M.S. Gannet was a R.N.A.S. Shore Base at Eglington, Co. Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
296
ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 2nd issue (FX.75222 A. Buchan, Ch. Air. Fitt., H.M.S. Sanderling) rank and ship’s name
officially renamed, some contact marks, very fine £30-50
H.M.S. Sanderling was a R.N.A.S. base at Abbotsinch, Scotland - the site now occupied by Glasgow Airport. In use 1943-50 and 1952
-63.
297
ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (FX681398 S. A. F. Semper, P.O.A.F.(O) H.M.S. Condor) some contact marks,
very fine £30-50
H.M.S. Condor was a R.N.A.S. Station at Arbroath, Scotland.
298
ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (F967858H J. I. Ellis, AA1 HMS Daedalus) extremely fine £40-60
H.M.S. Daedalus, the Royal Naval Air Station at Lee-on-Solent, Hampshire, which was commissioned in May 1939.
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