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№ 144

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18 January 2023

Hammer Price:
£300

A post-War Order of St John group of six awarded to Surgeon Captain T. F. Davies, Royal Navy

The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Officer‘s (Brother’s) breast badge, silver and enamel, heraldic beasts in angles; Atlantic Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Near East (Surg. Cdr. T. F. Davies. R.N.); Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued, good very fine (6) £300-£400

Order of St. John, Officer, London Gazette 12 January 1965.

Thomas Frank Davies qualified at Guy’s Hospital in 1931. He then worked at Pembury Hospital before joining the Royal Navy in 1933, being advanced Surgeon Captain on 30 June 1958. His final appointment was in the Department of the Medical Director-General of the Navy, and he transferred to the Retired List in 1975.