CAMPAIGN GROUPS AND PAIRS 1583 Eight: Chief Petty Officer D A Fox, Royal Navy
1939-45 STAR; ATLANTIC STAR; AFRICA STAR, clasp, North Africa 1942-43; ITALY STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS, these all impressed, ‘J.114745 D. A. Fox, C.P.O., H.M.S. Royal Arthur’; ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C.,
G.VI.R., 1st issue (J.114745 P.O., H.M.S. Drake); CIVIL DEFENCE LONG SERVICE, impressed, ‘Mr D. A. Fox C.R.O. Wiltshire C.D. C.1950-1968’, mounted court style as worn, contact marks, nearly very fine and better (10)
£120-150
Donald Albert Fox was born in Erlestoke, Wiltshire on 23 November 1908. Served throughout the Second World War in the Royal Navy. As a Petty Officer based at H.M.S. Hamilcar, he was wounded on 11 May 1943. The particulars of his wounding are given in his Wound Certificate: ‘Going rounds of Sentry Posts and checking as to whether sentries had survived bombs of a few minutes before. Threw himself to the ground as another bomb exploded. Blast caused dullness of hearing, a discharge from the Right Ear, and Haemoptysis. Piece of shrapnel lodged in Right Scapular Region.’ Post-war he was a member of the Civil Defence, 1950-68 - serving as a County Rescue Instructor/officer.
H.M.S. Hamilcar was a shore base at Djedjelli, Algeria, commissioned in February 1943; transferred to Messina, Sicily in June 1944. It acted as a base for Combined Operations personnel in the Central and Western Mediterranean and a base for landing craft. It was aptly named after the Carthaginian commander Hamilcar Barca, the father of Hannibal.
With Mediterranean Fleet Rifle Meeting Medal, bronze, unnamed, with brooch bar, in case; and a Prize Medal, obverse, a harp, reverse inscribed, ‘T.S. Mercury Donald Fox, Xmas 1924’, silver, in case; Certificate for Wounds and Hurts, 11 May 1943; Report of Wound or Hurt Certificate; Daily Mail Small-Bore Rifle Competition Prize Certificate, 25 January 1946; Birth Certificate; photographs of the recipient in uniform; postcard photographs of warships; and copied research.
1584 Seven: Lieutenant-Commander R. J. M. Eden, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
1939-45 STAR; ATLANTIC STAR; AFRICA STAR; BURMA STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS, these unnamed; NAVAL GENERAL SERVICE 1915 -62, 1 clasp, Minesweeping (Lt./Cmdr., R.N.V.R.) officially engraved naming - possibly a slightly later issue, mounted as worn, good very fine and better (7)
£280-320
Rodney James Murray Eden, appointed a Sub-Lieutenant in the R.N.V.R. on 29 October 1939. Promoted to Lieutenant in October 1940 and Acting Lieutenant-Commander in March 1943. Served throughout the war in coastal forces. Placed in command of H.M.S. Wiay - an Isles Class trawler in September 1946. Released from Naval Service on 4 July 1947.
With copied service notes. 1585 Six: Stoker Chief Petty Officer W. W. Prowse, Royal Navy
1939-45 STAR; ATLANTIC STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS; CORONATION 1953, these unnamed; ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C.,
G.VI.R., 1st issue (MX.49036 S.C.P.O., H.M.S. Drake) late issue, nearly extremely fine (6)
£80-100 With named modern card boxes of issue for W.W.2 and long service medals. 1586 Six: Petty Officer 2nd Class D. Cameron, Royal Canadian Navy
1939-45 STAR; ATLANTIC STAR; DEFENCE MEDAL, Canadian issue in silver; CANADIAN VOLUNTEER SERVICE MEDAL, with overseas clasp; WAR MEDAL 1939-45, Canadian issue in silver, these unnamed; CANADIAN DECORATION, E.II.R., with Second Award Bar (PO 2/c D. Cameron), silvered and gilded, mounted court style for wear, good very fine (6)
£70-90 1587 Five: Wing Commander W. A. W. Lankshear, Royal Air Force
1939-45 STAR; AFRICA STAR; ITALY STAR; FRANCE AND GERMANY STAR; WAR MEDAL 1939-45, these unnamed; together with WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF TURNERS MEDAL, reverse inscribed, ‘W. A. W. Lankshear, Freedom 1965, Livery 1965’, 32mm., silver, hallmarks for London 1959, complete with brooch bar; CITY & GUILDS M.C.C. MEDAL, 42mm., bronze and enamel, reverse inscribed, ‘Littlehampton Trial 1930 W. A. Lankshear’, in Fattorini, Birmingham case of issue, extremely fine (7) £60-80
William Alfred Wallington Lankshear attained the degree of
B.Sc. and the associateships: A.C.G.I., A.M.I.C.E. and
A.I.Mech.E. He was granted a commission in the R.A.F.V.R. Administrative and Special Duties Branch as a Pilot Officer for the duration of hostilities on 6 September 1940. He transferred to the Technical Branch in February 1941 and was promoted to Flying Officer in September 1941. In July 1943 he was advanced to Temporary Flight Lieutenant and in August the same year he was confirmed in that rank. Admitted to the Freedom of the Worshipful Company of Turners, 27 May 1965 and granted the Livery on 6 October 1965.
W.W.2 medals with card forwarding box addressed to ‘W/Cdr. W. A. W. Lankshear, “Felbrigge”, Downs Side, Belmont, Surrey’; with forwarding slip. Together with copied gazette extracts and other research.
1588
Five: attributed to Gunner E. H. Smart, Royal Artillery, late Royal Northumberland Fusiliers 1939-45 STAR; AFRICA STAR; ITALY STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS, all unnamed, good very fine (5)
£30-40
Edgar Hudson Smart was born in 1922. He served in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, June 1940-August 1941; R.A.O.C., August- December 1941; Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, December 1941-June 1944, and R.A.C., June 1944-October 1946. Then in the Territorial Army he served with the Green Howards, May 1947-May 1952 and Royal Artillery, May 1952-July 1954. Smart enlisted into the Royal Artillery (Regular Army) at York on 14 July 1954, serving in the B.A.O.R., November 1958-April 1964 and Hong Kong, August 1964-September 1966. Latterly employed as a Battery Storesman, Smart was discharged at his own request on 16 June 1971.
With recipient’s Regular Army Certificate of Service which confirms the above medals and service.
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