Six: Petty Officer T. W. Holmes, Royal Navy

1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (P/JX.754188 P.O., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 1st issue (JX.754188 P.O., H.M.S. Turpin), mounted as worn, minor contact marks, very fine (6) £140-180

Thomas William Holmes, having served in the Royal Navy during the Second World War, entered the Submarine Service in September 1952. Serving on submarines until 1962, he was based on a number of depot ships and bases: Dolphin, Montclare, Maidstone, Adamant and Tyne, and served on the submarines Scorcher, 1953; Turpin, 1954; Amphion, 1956 and Thermopylae, 1958-59; gaining his Long Service medal whilst on the Turpin. Sold with copied Submarine Index Card and nine photographs of the submarines on which he served.