Six: Engine Room Artificer Second Class W. Cope, Royal Navy

Naval General Service 1915-62, 2 clasps, Palestine 1936-1939, Minesweeping 1945-51 (MX.51967 W. Cope. E.R.A.4. R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (MX.51957 W. Cope. E.R.A.2. H.M.S. Saker.) mounted as worn, good very fine (6) £200-£240

William Cope was born in Derby on 19 December 1908, and joined the Royal Navy on 9 April 1929. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 11 March 1944.