Orders, Decorations and Medals

Seven: Leading Cook C.J.A. Collyer, Royal Navy

1939-45 STAR; ATLANTIC STAR; AFRICA STAR; BURMA STAR; WAR MEDAL; NAVAL L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 2nd type (MX 667015, L. Ck. (O). H.M.S. Cadiz); IMPERIAL SERVICE MEDAL, G.VI.R. (Charles Collyer) very fine (7)

Charles John Allison Collyer served as Able Seaman aboard H.M.S. Ark Royal from April 1939 until March 1941. He transferred to Submarine duties in July 1942 and was aboard H.M.S/M. Surf during its successful patrols in the Far East. In February 1946 he was aboard H.M.S/M. Universal when the crew had to be rescued after the submarine was crippled in a severe gale in the Atlantic. The lot is sold with a large quantity of original documents photographs and cuttings including: Certificate of Service; Gunnery History Sheet; ISM. certificate; large pencil portrait of the recipient; numerous photographs of ships and submarines that he served on; scrap book of cuttings relating to H.M.S. Ark Royal; Matchbox holder with crest of H.M.S. Ark Royal, two books and a post war scrap book.