Campaign Groups and Pairs 433 Eight: Leading Cook C. Azzilla, Royal Navy
1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (E/LX.21864 C. Azzilla. Ldg Ck. (O) R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C.,
G.VI.R., 2nd issue (LX.21864 C. Azzilla. L. Ck. (.O) H.M.S. St. Angelo.) good very fine (8)
£120-£160 x434 Four: Leading Cook R. Nichols, Royal Navy
1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45; Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Minesweeping 1945-51 (MX 109722 R Nichols Ldg Ck RM) naming officially impressed in a later style without punctuation, good very fine (4)
£100-£140 435 Five: Lieutenant R. J. Bennett, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Minesweeping 1945-51 (Lieut. R. J. Bennett. R.N.V.R.) nearly extremely fine (5)
£200-£240 436
Six: Lieutenant N. L. Storey, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Minesweeping 1945-51 (Lieut. N. L. Storey. R.N.V.R.) extremely fine (6)
£260-£300
Neville Lionel Storey was born on 17 September 1910, at Leiston, Suffolk, was educated at Framlingham College and was a Hotel manager before joining the Patrol Service on 6 June 1940, as a Seaman 1st Class, aged nearly 30. His service record notes ‘For service in yachts and motor boats only’ and his engagement was ‘Until the end of the present emergency.’ He was promoted to Temporary Sub Lieutenant (Special Branch) R.N.V.R. on 4 December 1941, and promoted to Temporary Lieutenant on 4 March 1942. His Officer’s Record indicates that he was in St George from January 1942, in Tern (R.N.A.S. at Twatt in Orkney as Active Defence Instructor) from April 1942, in President and Pembroke for Executive Officers’ courses from March to July 1943, followed by minesweeping courses at Lochinvar until mid-August, by which time he had transferred to the Executive Branch of the R.N.V.R. He then took passage to Bizerta, Tunisia, where he joined Rothesay on 2 October 1943, under Commander A. A. Martin, D.S.O., D.S.C.**, R.D., R.N.R. For the next 18 months he took part in minesweeping operations in the Mediterranean, including the landings in Italy at Anzio and possibly Salerno beforehand, and the South Coast of France in August 1944, leaving the ship on 22 March 1945. He became eligible for the N.G.S. medal following minesweeping service in Myrmidon from 1 April to 25 November 1946. Sold with copied record of service and other research.
437
Seven: Able Seaman P. J. Thatcher, Royal Fleet Reserve, later Police Constable
1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; Africa Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C.,
G.VI.R., 1st issue (J.105988 (Po. B.17536) P. J. Thatcher. A.B. R.F.R.); Police L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 1st issue (Const. Philip J. Thatcher) mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine (7)
£80-£120 438 Four: Trooper F. Fairclough, Royal Armoured Corps, who was taken Prisoner of War in Italy
1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45, in named card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mr. F. Fairclough, 33 Thomas St., Higher Broughton, Salford’, extremely fine (4)
£70-£90
Frank Fairclough attested for the Royal Armoured Corps on 26 June 1941 and served during the Second World War with the 41st and 44th Royal Tank Regiments in the Middle East and Italy. Captured and taken Prisoner of War, he was held initially at P.O.W. Camp 66 in Italy. Repatriated on 22 May 1945, he subsequently served with the Wiltshire Yeomanry.
Sold together with the Soldier’s Release Book; a large quantity of original letters, postcards, and photographs; and other ephemera.
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