Campaign Groups and Pairs 362 Three: Sapper John Youell, 591 Parachute Squadron, Royal Engineers, who was killed in action on 6 June 1944
1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45, together with Royal Engineers cap badge and named condolence slip (Sapper J. Youell) good very fine (4)
£400-£500
Sapper John Youell, 591 Parachute Squadron, Royal Engineers, was killed in action on 6 June 1944, when the Sterling IV aircraft he was flying in was shot down by flak on its way to the drop zone.
On the night of 5/6 June 1944, Sterling IV EF295-J of 620 Squadron, R.A.F., took off from Fairford to drop Royal Engineers paratroops on D-Day The aircraft was carrying the officer commanding 591 Parachute Squadron R.E. and his H.Q. party. Shortly after crossing the coast it was hit by enemy A.A. fire, caught fire and began to lose height rapidly. Major Wood, Lieutenant Bartlett and two sappers were able to jump from the aircraft but another soldier was killed when his parachute caught fire. The remainder of the stick were still aboard the aircraft, as were the crew, when it crashed at Chateau de Granguesn, 20 km east of Caen and 13 km east of their appointed drop zone. Lieutenant Shinner and three soldiers escaped from the downed aircraft, as did the wireless operator and rear gunner, and despite their own injuries attempted to rescue the others. Unfortunately, enemy troops arrived and fired into the aircraft and it became impossible to continue the rescue attempt. 10 paratroopers survived the crash but 7 of these soldiers were later shot. Sapper John Youell in named in the list of eleven soldiers who either died in the crash or were executed while POWs. He is buried in Ranville War Cemetery, aged 20, the son of Walter John and Maude Beatrice Youell, of Sparkhill, Birmingham.
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Five: Corporal T. Thomson, Royal Signals 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45; Efficiency Medal,
G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (393160 Cpl. T. Thomson. R. Signals.) surname partially officially corrected, very fine
Pair: Lance Corporal C. R. O’Neil, Royal Signals War Medal 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, S.E. Asia 1945-46 (14838610 L/Cpl. C. R. O’Neil. R. Sigs.) nearly very fine (7)
£80-£120
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Five: Corporal J. Chesters, Royal Signals 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal,
G.VI.R., 1st issue, Militia (2309394 Cpl. J. Chesters. R. Signals.) very fine
Pair: Sergeant F. W. McAllister, Royal Signals Imperial Service Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue (Francis William McAllister) officially renamed; Efficiency Medal,
G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (6711113 Sjt. F. W. McAllister. R. Signals) very fine (7)
£80-£100
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Six: Private J. H. Triggs, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
1939-45 Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (21064416 Pte. J. H. Triggs. R. Warwick.) generally very fine (6)
£70-£90
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Three: Attributed to Private R. D. Tucker, 6th Commandos, attached Leicestershire Regiment, who was taken Prisoner of War in Tunisia in 1943
1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45, in named card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mr. R. D. Tucker, Rum Puncheon Hotel, Market Place, Boston, Lincolnshire’; together with Army Council enclosure and the recipient’s two card identity discs, embossed ‘4864330 R. D. Tucker C.E.’, extremely fine (3)
£80-£120
Roland Tucker, the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Tucker, of the Rum Puncheon Hotel, Boston, Lincolnshire, was educated at Boston Grammar School. ‘He joined up in May 1940 and served with the Commandos. He took part in the raids on Lofotne (his first raid) and St. Nazaire, and many other small hit-and-run raids. He later went out to the Middle East, where he was taken prisoner (in Tunisia) in 1943. He was then serving with the 6th Commandos, attached to the Leicestershire Regiment.’ (newspaper cutting with lot refers).
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Five: Corporal C. J. Davis, Gloucestershire Regiment
1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C.,
G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (5173708 Cpl. C. J. Davis. Glouc. R.) mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine (5)
£60-£80
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Five: Sergeant W. D. Rees, Welch Regiment 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal,
G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (3963658 Sgt. W. D. Rees. Welch.) good very fine
Four: Sergeant R. H. Heal, Wiltshire Regiment 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal,
G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial, with Second Award Bar (5670296. Sjt. R. H. Heal. Wilts.) mounted as worn; together with the recipient’s riband bar with two rosettes on the Efficiency Medal riband, good very fine (9)
£80-£120 Sold together with a General Service silver lapel badge and a photographic image of Sergeant Heal.
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