Orders, Decorations and Medals

Four: W. J. Kelly, Mercantile Marine

British and Mercantile Marine War Medals ((W. J. Kelly); Atlantic Star, clasp, France and Germany; War Medal; together with transmission slip and card box of issue addressed to recipient; original typescript letter from The General Steam Navigation Company to recipient, dated 21 March 1943, ‘I am commanded by their Lordships to inform you that they have read with pleasure of the very good service of Messrs. Collins, Kelly, Main and Wade of our S.S. Starling during the attack on her by an aircraft and afterwards in rigging the hand steering gear under great difficulties in a position over the cordite magazine, which was in danger of catching fire.’, extremely fine (4) £80-100