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Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (MX.48275 M. R. A. Sowter, C.E.R.A., H.M.S. Implacable) suspension claw crudely re-riveted and slack, good very fine £50-70

M.I.D. London Gazette 24 March 1942.

Chief Engine Room Artificer Major Richard Arthur Sowter, R.N., was mentioned in despatches for services on the minesweeper H.M.S. Bramble, for minesweeping operations in Northern Waters. The ship was later sunk in action whilst escorting a convoy to North Russia on 31 December 1942. Sowter later served on H.M.S. Implacable, an Illustrious Class fleet aircraft carrier, on which he gained his Long Service medal.