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8 December 2021

Hammer Price:
£170

Four: Regulating Petty Officer W. E. C. McPherson, Royal Navy, who was killed in action in H.M.S. Liverpool during Operation Harpoon on 14 June 1942

1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, coinage head (M.39591 W. E. C. Mc Pherson. R.P.O. H.M.S. Greenwich.) last slightly polished and worn, generally very fine and better (4) £80-£100

William Edward Cecil McPherson was born in Battersea, London, on 31 December 1898 and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 8 January 1932. He served during the Second World War in H.M.S. Liverpool and was killed in action on 14 June 1942 when Liverpool suffered an air attack during Operation Harpoon, part of the Malta Convoys, and suffered total casualties of 15 killed and 22 wounded. He is commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial.