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CAMPAIGN GROUPS AND PAIRS 1010


Four: Chief Stoker A. T. Butler, Royal Navy, killed when H.M.S. Curacoa was accidentally rammed and sunk by the Queen Mary, 2 October 1942


1939-45 STAR; ATLANTIC STAR - this enamelled in red, yellow and green, and set in a silver base metal case, with ring suspension; WARMEDAL 1939-45, these unnamed; ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, coinage head (K.5551 S.P. O., H.M.S. Enterprise) edge bruising, nearly very fine and better (4)


£150-200 Ex D.N.W. 31 March 2010 - when the Royal Navy L.S. & G.C. was sold alone.


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. With copied research.


1011 Three: Assistant Steward C. C. West, Merchant Navy, who was killed in action in the S.S. Orcades in October 1942


1939-45 STAR; ATLANTIC STAR;WARMEDAL 1939-45, together with original Minster of Transport condolence slip in the name of ‘Cecil Clifford West’, extremely fine (3)


£30-50


Cecil Clifford West was killed in action on 10 October 1942, when his ship the auxiliary transport Orcades was torpedoed and sunk by the U-172, commanded by Carl Emmermann, a holder of the Knight’s Cross with Oak Leaves, about 300 miles west-south-west of the Cape of Good Hope. The ship’s master, Captain Charles Fox, was awarded the C.B.E. and Lloyd’s Medal for Bravery at Sea on the same occasion, and as indeed were a number of other acts of bravery also recognised by medals and commendations. West, who left a widow resident in Brixton, London, was 37 years of age and is commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial.


1012


Four: Seaman F. Crompton, Royal Naval Patrol Service, who died on active service in H.M. Trawler Saltarelo in September 1944


1939-45 STAR; ATLANTIC STAR; ITALY STAR;WARMEDAL 1939-45, in their original addressed card forwarding box, together with a wartime photograph of his ship, extremely fine (4)


£30-50


Frank Compton died on active service on 16 September 1944, while serving in H.M. Trawler Saltarelo off Italy. He is buried in Florence War Cemetery; the above described forwarding box is inscribed to his widow, ‘Mrs. M. H. Crompton, 90 West Street, Millbrook, Plymouth.’


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Five: 1st Radio Officer H. J. Workman, Merchant Navy, who died on active service in the S.S. Clan MacTaggart in May 1945


1939-45 STAR; ATLANTIC STAR; BURMA STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS 1939-45, together with original Minister of Transport condolence slip in the name of ‘Herbert John Workman’, extremely fine (5)


£40-60


Herbert John Workman died on active service in the S.S. Clan MacTaggart on 9 May 1945 and is commemorated at Cheltenham Crematorium. The son of Charles and Catherine Workman, he was 44 years of age. His ship’s predecessor, the first Clan MacTaggart, had been torpedoed about 250 miles south-west of the Azores in November 1942.


1014 Eight: Able Seaman R. V. Carter, Merchant Navy


1939-45 STAR; ATLANTIC STAR; ITALY STAR; FRANCE ANDGERMANY STAR;DEFENCE ANDWARMEDALS, all unnamed; GENERAL SERVICE CROSS, reverse inscribed, ‘R332995 R. V. Carter MNRP. 1943-47’, silver, hallmarks for London, in card box of issue; VOLUNTARY SERVICE MEDAL (R. V. Carter, AB MN RP) silver, hallmarks for Birmingham, in card box of issue; together with two Merchant Navy lapel badges - one enamelled, and an enamelled tie pin, extremely fine (11)


£80-100 1015 Six: Gunner W. Austin, Royal Artillery


1939-45 STAR; ATLANTIC STAR, CLASP, FRANCE AND GERMANY; ITALY STAR; DEFENCE ANDWARMEDALS, these unnamed; EFFICIENCYMEDAL, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (6839054 Gnr., R.A.) official correction to surname, mounted as worn, good very fine (6) £70-90


Based on his W.W.2 awards the recipient may well have served in the Maritime Artillery. 1016 Six: Gunner G. M. Byrne, Royal Artillery


1939-45 STAR; ATLANTIC STAR; AFRICA STAR; ITALY STAR;WARMEDAL 1939-45, these unnamed; GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (3599822 Gnr., R.A.) very fine and better (6)


£80-100


With a note stating that the recipient served in the 3rd Maritime A.A. Battery; Landing Anti-Tank Battery, 1941-44 and 26 Field Regiment R.A. in Singapore, 1950-51.


1017 Six: Chief Air Artificer G. A. L. Curtis, Fleet Air Arm


1939-45 STAR; ATLANTIC STAR; AFRICA STAR, clasp, North Africa 1942-43; DEFENCE ANDWARMEDALS, these unnamed; ROYALNAVY L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 2nd issue (FX.76080 C.A.A., H.M.S. Siskin) mounted as worn, very fine and better (6) £100-140


H.M.S. Siskin is the Royal Naval Air Station at Gosport. www.dnw.co.uk


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