Campaign Groups and Pairs 474
Six: Lieutenant-Commander H. R. de C. Dutton, Royal Navy, who was Mentioned in Despatches for his service as Third Officer of H.M. Submarine Stygian, which had a good deal of success in the Far East during the last two months of the Second World War
1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; Africa Star; Burma Star, 1 clasp, Pacific; War Medal 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Naval General Service 1915-62, 2 clasps, Palestine 1945-48, Minesweeping 1945-51 (Lieut. H. R. de C. Dutton. R.N.) mounted court-style, good very fine (6)
£500-£700
M.I.D. London Gazette 18 December 1945: ‘For courage, efficiency and devotion to duty whilst serving in H.M. Submarines Solent, Selene, Sea Scout, Sleuth, Stygian, Spark and Supreme in aggressive operations against Japanese shipping, often performed in shallow waters and in the face of serious opposition, over a period from July 1944 to August 1945.’
Harvey Ralph de Chairere Dutton was born on 19 June 1924 and joined the Royal Navy (Submarine service) on 24 September 1943. His first service afloat appears to have been as Third Officer in H.M. Submarine Tuna from 25 November 1943, before transferring to H.M. Submarine Stygian on 1 February 1944. After a month at the shore base H.M.S. Maidstone in June 1945, he re-joined H.M.S. Stygian on 8 July 1945, and served in her for the remainder of the War. During his second period of service aboard Stygia, the submarine served in the Far East, where during her short service in this theatre, she sank 8 Japanese sailing vessels, 5 Japanese Coasters, the ship Nichinan Maru and 6 other Japanese vessels. Stygia also sank the Japanese auxiliary minesweeper Wa 104 and damaged the Japanese auxiliary submarine chaser Cha 10.
Between November 1945 and June 1948 Dutton saw service at various depots, before he joined H.M. Submarine Spur on 17 June 1948, and a month later H.M. Submarine Tactician. He was promoted First Lieutenant in 1951, and served in command of H.M. Submarine Alcide, before being promoted Lieutenant-Commander in June 1954. Further commands prior to his retirement in 1958 included H.M. Submarines Scotsman and Tally Ho!
Sold with copied service record. 475 Five: Stoker Petty Officer J. Southern, Royal Navy
1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, coinage head (K.61039 J. Southern. S.P.O. H.M.S. Restless) mounted as worn, very fine (5)
£100-£140
Joseph Southern was born in Newcastle on 26 October 1900 and joined the Royal Navy on 26 April 1923, having served two and a half years in the Royal Air Force. Awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in January 1936, he served during the Second War in H.M.S. Greenwich before being shore pensioned in November 1942
Sold with Original parchment Certificate of Service and 22 original photographs, including ones taken when service in the Arctic during the Second War.
476
Six: Temporary Acting Petty Officer W. F. George, Royal Navy, who was Mentioned in Despatches for services in Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships (D.E.M.S.)
1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Pacific Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45, generally very fine
Five: Captain B. L. Carnie, Merchant Navy, who survived the torpedoing of Troopship Ettrickbank in 1942 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Pacific Star; War Medal 1939-45, these all late claims from 1965 and officially impressed Australian-style ‘B. L. Carnie, M.N.’, extremely fine (11)
£100-£140
William Frederick George was born in Chiswick, London, in April 1893, and served during the Second World War in the Royal Navy, being Mentioned in Despatches for services in Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships (London Gazette 2 June 1943). Sold with the recipient’s post-war National Union of Seamen member’s book, stating his rate as Bosun.
Bruce Leslie Carnie was born in Gravesend, Kent, in October 1923, and first went to sea as an Apprentice in the S.S. Ettrickbank in September 1941. The vessel was on charter to the Admiralty as a Troopship, and on 15 November 1942 she was torpedoed by German submarine U-155 at 03:15, 150 miles West of Gibraltar, whilst on voyage from Gibraltar to the Clyde with a crew of 204, 66 naval ratings, and 41 gunners. She sank at 08:36, with the loss of 6 crew and 18 naval ratings. Carnie was amongst the survivors, who were taken to Gibraltar by the Norwegian destroyer Glaisdale and returned to the U.K. in the Peninsula and Oriental Line’s Mooltan the following day. He gained his Master’s Certificate and finally came ashore in the late 1960s. He subsequently claimed his Second War medals after moving to Papua and New Guinea as a Harbour Master in 1963.
477 Eight: Leading Telegraphist L. B. Blackie, Royal Navy
1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; Africa Star; Burma Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; Korea 1950-53 (P/JX.188432 L. B. Blackie Ldg. Tel. R.N.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, together with Malta G.C. 50th Anniversary Medal 1942-92, and some trade and rank cloth insignia, very fine (9)
£160-£200
Sold with a blurred group photograph including the recipient wearing medals and two ship photographs. He is believed to have served aboard the cruiser H.M.S. Ceylon of Burma, and in the aircraft carrier H.M.S. Glory during the Korean war.
478
Five: Shipwright 2nd Class H. J. Pilbeam, Royal Navy, who served in H.M.S. Achilles in action against the Graf Spee, at the Battle of the River Plate, 13 December 1939
1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, Pacific Star; War Medal 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C.,
G.VI.R., 1st issue (MX.45739 H. J. Pilbeam. Shpt, 2. H.M.S. Achilles) good very fine (5)
£200-£240 Sold with copied crew lists for H.M.S. Achilles, confirming his service at the Battle of the River Plate, 13 December 1939. 479 Five: Chief Petty Officer G. C. Shaw, Royal Naval Reserve
1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; War Medal 1939-45; Imperial Service Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue (Gordon Charles Shaw); Royal Naval Reserve L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (Y.995817 G. C. Shaw. P.C.P.O. R.N. R.) mounted as worn, good very fine (5)
£70-£90
I.S.M. London Gazette 24 November 1983: ‘lately Postal and Telegraph Officer, Weymouth.’
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