Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Second World War B.E.M. (Civil) group of four awarded to Pumpman G. Hocking, Merchant Navy

British Empire Medal, (Civil) G.VI.R., 1st issue (George Hocking); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, clasp, France and Germany; War Medal 1939-45, these unnamed, nearly extremely fine (4) £300-350

B.E.M. London Gazette 10 June 1944. ‘George Hocking, Pumpman, Merchant Navy.’

George Hocking was serving aboard the S.S. San Ubaldo, a tanker of the Eagle Oil and Shipping Company’s fleet, at the time of being recommended for his B.E.M., which distinction was presented to him at a Buckingham Palace investiture held on 23 October 1945. The San Ubaldo was requisitioned by the Admiralty as a Fleet Oiler, and was employed in the English Channel and off Normandy, and having joined the invasion fleet, her function was to refuel naval vessels and landing craft.

With copied research.