CAMPAIGN GROUPS AND PAIRS 961
Four: Leading Telegraphist S. J. Warner, Royal Navy, who was mentioned in despatches for his gallantry in the submarine Sealion off Norway in 1940
1939-45 STAR; ATLANTIC STAR; WAR MEDAL, M.I.D. oak leaf; ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C.,
G.VI.R., 1st issue (JX. 128675 S. J. Warner, L. Tel., H.M.S. Dolphin), extremely fine (4)
£300-350
Stanley John Warner, who was born in September 1911 and entered the Royal Navy in September 1929, volunteered for the submarine branch in October 1931.
Advanced to Leading Telegraphist shortly after the outbreak of hostilities, while serving in Sealion, he remained actively employed in that capacity until December 1940, and won a mention in despatches (London Gazette 1 January 1941 refers). Commanded by Lieutenant-Commander “Ben” Bryant, R.N., who was to emerge as one of the most aggressive and successful submarine captains of the War, Sealion was quickly in action, delivering an attack against the U-21 off Dogger Bank in early November 1939.
But it was for her war patrols in home waters and off Norway in the following year that Bryant won the D.S.C. and Warner his ‘mention”, a period best summarised by the following extracts taken from the former’s obituary:
‘Off Norway in 1940 the clear water, sudden freshwater rips, almost continuous daylight and constant air surveillance made submarine operations extremely hazardous.
Off Stavanger in July 1940, he [Bryant] had what he called his ‘worst patrol’, during which Sealion was depth-charged several times and attacked by aircraft whenever she surfaced to try and recharge her main batteries.
In August 1940 Sealion collided with an enemy ship while Bryant was attacking a convoy. Both periscopes were badly damaged, leaving the boat “blind”, but Bryant got Sealion home and was exonerated from all blame.
Once, after Sealion was forced to remain dived for nearly 24 hours, her air quality was so poor that when she finally surfaced the diesel engines would not start until the boat had been ventilated.
It was one of the few times Bryant was downcast. The war was going badly, and two submarines commanded by friends of his had just been lost. But when he went up into the fore ends, where the sailors lived, his mood changed.
“Suddenly,” he recalled, “the atmosphere of unworried serenity passed from them to me. I realised that they would go into action on the morrow without backward thoughts, that with a crew such as I was privileged to command we could not be beaten: the depression left me.” ’
Bryant would go on to win three D.S.Os for further operations in the Mediterranean, while Warner’s subsequent wartime appointments included service in P. 228 in April-June 1942, in which period she was commanded by Lieutenant Ian McGeoch, R.N., and the Tribune in June-October 1942, in which period, under the command of Lieutenant N. J. Cole, D.S.C., R.N., he participated in her 13th and 14th war patrols in the Arctic, when she provided cover for convoys P.Q. 17 and and P.Q. 18 and encountered the Admiral Hipper and the U-403 - but was unable to get into a position to attack.
He was discharged ashore in September 1945; sold with copied submarine service record.
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Six: attributed to J. J. Stone, Royal Navy 1939-45 STAR; ATLANTIC STAR; AFRICA STAR; BURMA STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS, all unnamed
Five: attributed to Corporal R. B. Simmons, Royal Air Force 1939-45 STAR; BURMA STAR; AFRICA STAR, clasp, North Africa 1942-43; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS, all unnamed, mounted (incorrectly) for wear
Four: attributed to J. Cane, Royal Navy 1939-45 STAR; ATLANTIC STAR; ITALY STAR; WAR MEDAL 1939-45, all unnamed
Three: to a member of the Royal Air Force 1939-45 STAR; FRANCE AND GERMANY STAR; WAR MEDAL 1939-45, all unnamed, good very fine and better (18)
£60-80
Medals to ‘Stone’ in card ‘Navy’ forwarding box addressed to ‘Mr J. J. Stone, 110 St. Katherine’s Rd., Beacons Lane, Exeter’; with Admiralty forwarding slip.
Medals to ‘Simmons’ with ‘R.A.F.’ forwarding box addressed to ‘Mr R. B. Simmons, Tre-Bron, St. Agnes, Cornwall’; with M.O.D. slip.
Medals to ‘Cane’ with ‘Navy’ forwarding box addressed to ‘Mr J. Cane, 16 Wesley Place, St. Ives, Cornwall’; with Admiralty forwarding slip.
Medals to ‘a member of the R.A.F.’ with ‘Air Ministry’ forwarding box addressed to ‘..... Esq, ....ryn, Penrhyn Park, Penrhyn Bay, Nr. Llandudno, Carnarvonshire, N. Wales’; with forwarding slip.
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Six: Serjeant H. C. Catching, 4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters)
1939-45 STAR; AFRICA STAR, clasp, 8th Army; ITALY STAR; FRANCE AND GERMANY STAR; WAR MEDAL 1939-45, these unnamed; EFFICIENCY MEDAL,
G.VI.R., Territorial (420558 Sjt., Sharpshooters) small official correction to unit, mounted as worn; together with a mounted set of six miniature dress medals, good very fine (18)
£120-160
With a National Westminster Staff Association membership card to the recipient; three photographs of the recipient - one in uniform; ‘4 County of London Sharpshooters’ lapel badge, silver and enamel; ‘County of London Yeomanry Sharpshooters’ cap badge; small photograph of the recipient in metal frame; three other badges.
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