Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria to coincide with the OMRS Convention

Seven: Leading Stoker Thomas Aldridge, Royal Navy

Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1936-1939 (K.62869 Sto.1 R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star, clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Italy Star; War Medal, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (K.62869 Sto.1 H.M.S. Leander) good very fine (7) £120-140

M.I.D. London Gazette 16 March 1943: ‘For bravery and skill in the hazardous operations in which the Allied Forces were landed in North Africa.’

Leading Stoker Thomas Aldridge was born at Netherbury, Dorset, on 5 November 1905. He joined the Royal Navy at Devonport on 13 November 1923, and was serving aboard the destroyer H.M.S. Clare during Operation ‘Torch’. Sold with some service details.