Orders, Decorations and Medals

A Second War Memorial Plaque Issued By The City of Oshawa, Canada, an oak panel with applied brass sheet, 22cm by 16cm, inscribed with arms of the city, etc. and central inscription ‘1939-1946 Not for himself but for his country, the citizens of the city of Oshawa record their grateful appreciation and solemn memory of Seaman James W. Moon who gave his all in World War II for the preservation of honour among nations and the freedom of the world’, extremely fine £30-50

Able Seaman James Watson Moon was lost when S.S. Strangarth was presumed to have been sunk with the loss of all hands, as a result of enemy action on 16 March 1942, whilst on passage from New York to India.