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; Italy Star; Pacific Star; War Medal 1939-45, M.I.D. oak leaf, generally very fine (6) £120-150

William Frederick George, who was born in Chiswick, London in April 1893, was mentioned in despatches for services in Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships (D.E.M.S.) (London Gazette 2 June 1943 refers), an original accompanying letter of notification from the Admiralty being addressed to him on the M.V. Dunnottar Castle, which ship was requisitioned by the Admiralty in August 1939 for service as an Armed Merchant Cruiser in the South Atlantic - in 1942, however, she was converted into a troopship; also sold with his original Order for Release from Naval Service, dated 19 June 1945, and his post-war National Union of Seamen member’s book, this stating his rate as Bosun.