Six: Petty Officer Telegraphist C. H. Hickin, Royal Navy

Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1936-1939 (J.54908 C. H. Hickin. L.Tel., R.N.) officially re-impressed naming; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, coinage head (J.54908 C. H. Hicki. L.Tel. H.M.S. Douglas.) light contact marks, good very fine (6) £80-£120

Charles Henry Hickin was born in Portsmouth on 12 January 1901 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 22 March 1916. Advanced Leading Telegraphist on 4 July 1931, he served in H.M.S. Douglas from 12 May 1933, and then in H.M.S. Ajax in pre-War Palestine from 16 April 1935 to 18 September 1937. Advanced Petty Officer Telegraphist on 5 October 1940, he was shore released on 18 October 1945.