British and World Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Ship’s Master Douglas Cameron Dalton, Merchant Navy

1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45, all unnamed

Five: Thomas Reay, Merchant Navy

1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45, all unnamed, extremely fine (12) £70-90

Douglas Cameron Dalton was born in Edinburgh on 27 April 1927. During the Second World War he served in the Merchant Navy for which he was awarded four service medals, these issued in 1965 when he was living at ‘33 Leyburn Road, Wallasey, Cheshire’. In 1960 he gained his Masters’ Certificate. In 1973 his address was at ‘52 Oarside Drive, Wallasey, Cheshire’. During 1973-82 he was Master of a number of British Petroleum Company tankers.

With medal card forwarding box and slips; Department of Trade and Industry Seaman’s Discharge Book - bearing photograph; B.P. Record of Participations in Crude Oil Washing Operations card; International Certificates of Vaccination; unofficial Coronation 1911 and Coronation 1937 (Edward VIII) and a National Safety First Association Medal for Driving, 3 bars, 1939, 1940, 1941, silver and enamel, this named ‘J. Dalton’.

Medals to Reay in card forwarding box addressed to ‘Mr T. Reay, 5 Southern Crescent, Liverpool, L8 5UT’, with forwarding slip dated 31 July 1986.