Orders, Decorations and Medals

A Second World War D.S.M. group of nine awarded to Chief Engineman E. G. Pugh, Royal Naval Reserve

Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (195 E.V. E. G. Pugh, Ch. Engn., R.N.R.) suspension slightly buckled; British War and Victory Medals (36315 Sjt., R.A.); 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; Atlantic Star, clasp, France and Germany; Defence and War Medals; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st type (198 E.V., E. G. Pugh, Ch. Engn., R.N.R.) edge bruising and contact marks, therefore nearly very fine (9)

D.S.M. London Gazette 1 January 1943 (H.M.S. Paynter). ‘For gallantry or outstanding service in the face of the enemy, or for zeal, patience and cheerfulness in dangerous waters, and for setting an example of whole-hearted devotion to duty, without which the high tradition of the Royal Navy could not have been upheld’.

H.M.S. Paynter was an anti-submarine trawler and, in March/April 1943, was part of the escort for Convoys PQ13 and QP10.