Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Nine: Chief Engine Room Artificer R. L. Thomas, Royal Navy

1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star, clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Italy Star; War Medal, these unnamed; Naval General Service 1915-62, 2 clasps, Palestine 1945-48, Near East (C/MX.53159 E.R.A.3 R.N.); Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (A/C.E.R.A. R.N.); U.N. Korea, unnamed; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 1st issue (C.E.R.A. L.C.T.(8) 4040) correction to ‘L.C.T.’ number, mounted as worn, contact marks, nearly very fine and better (9) £280-320

The eighth group of Landing Craft Tank (LCT [8]) was designed by Thorneycroft for service in the Far East. Two hundred were built between 1945-47 and they were fully ocean-going craft capable of carrying eight 30 ton tanks.