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Six: Ordinary Seaman J. E. W. Bullock, Royal Navy 1939-45 STAR; ATLANTIC STAR, clasp, France and Germany; BURMA STAR; DEFENCE ANDWAR MEDALS 1939-45; NAVALGENERAL SERVICE 1915-62, 1 clasp, Minesweeping 1945-51 (JX328942 J E W Bullock Sea RN) mounted as worn, together with Royal Naval Patrol Service Medal; Normandy Medal; National Service Medal; Overlord Medal, 55th Anniversary and Normandy Caen Memorial Medal, contact marks, nearly very fine (11) £140-180
Jonathan ‘Jack’ Ezra William Bullock was born in Saxthorpe, Norfolk, in April 1923. He joined the Royal Navy as Ordinary Seaman in April 1942 and ‘was a member of the Royal Naval Patrol Service, known as the Sparrows because their base was at Sparrows Nest in Lowestoft... Reliving his experiences... Mr Bullock said: “The whole job was frightening - but we did it because it was our job. The most frightening was when we were sweeping in the Indian Ocean and a destroyer told us to stop because we were right in the middle of a minefield.
We didn’t know what to do. We switched off the engine and were at the mercy of the wind and the waves. The thing that really saved us was that the the tide was on the make, so that it was lifting us up out of the water.” (copy of newspaper included in lot refers)
Bullock served in various ships, including: H.M.S. Lingay, HMS Bay, HMS Texada, and HMS Newcastle. He was discharged in September 1947, and returned to Norfolk where he was employed as a Gamekeeper. He died in Norwich, 18 March 2010.
Sold with the following related items: a number of original photographs and photographic images from the recipient’s service career and later life; Royal Naval Patrol Service Association 3rd Reunion card, and copies of newspaper cuttings mentioning recipient.
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Six: Able Seaman R. E. G. Lindsey, Royal Navy
1939-45 STAR; ATLANTIC STAR, 1 clasp, France and Germany; BURMA STAR; WAR MEDAL 1939-45; KOREA 1950-53, 1st issue (P/JX.159249 R. E. G. Lindsey AB. R.N.); U.N. KOREA 1950-54, unnamed as issued, traces of verdigris to Stars, generally very fine (6)
£200-240
Ronld Eric Guy Lindsey was born in Romsey, Hampshire, on 6 November 1922, and joined the Shaftesbury Homes Training Ship Arethusa on 30 June 1937. He enlisted as a Boy Seaman in the Royal Navy on 11 July 1938, and joined the Channel Guard Ship H.M.S. Revenge on 25 January 1940. He served in her during the Second World War, mainly on convoy escort duty: notable voyages included carrying Britain’s gold reserves from Greenock to Halifax, Nova Scotia; and conveying the exiled Polish General Sikorski to Canada. Lindsey was promoted Able Seaman on 7 July 1941, and attended training in Pathfinder and Position Finding. His final important duty in Revenge was when she protected the huge convoy carrying the Australian Division home from Suez to Australia. On 6 January 1944 he transferred to H.M.S. Dryad, and then served in a number of other shore-based establishments. He transferred to H.M.S. Comus on 26 June 1951, and served in her during the Korean War, when the Comus was mainly involved in ensuring the various ports and islands surrounding the Korean peninsula remained in Allied hands. Returning home, he was shore pensioned on 19 September 1953, and died in Romsey, Hampshire, in March 1999.
Sold together with the recipient’s Parchment Certificate of Service in the Royal Navy; Gunnery History Sheet; Recommendations for Advancement and Conduct Record Sheet; various letters regarding his joining the Arethusa training ship; and nine original photographs.
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