Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A post-war military O.B.E. group of five awarded to Chief Engineer H. M. Pearson, Royal Fleet Auxiliary Service

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Pacific Star, clasp, Burma; War Medal 1939-45, all unnamed, mounted court style for wear; together with two North East Coast Institution of Engineers & Shipbuilders Medals, 43mm., 9ct. gold, 33.15g., hallmarks for Birmingham 1966, reverse inscribed, ‘H. M. Pearson, O.B.E. E. P. Crowdy, M.A.’, in case of issue; another, 43mm., bronze, similarly inscribed, in case of issue, extremely fine (7) £400-500

Mr Harold Marshall Pearson, Chief Engineer, R.F.A. Services, born, 13 May 1904, was awarded the military O.B.E. in Her Majesty’s Birthday Honours List of 1956. He was later appointed Senior Chief Engineer Officer and then Deputy Marine Engineer Superintendent prior to his retirement from the service on 28 December 1966.

With Admiralty letter dated 31 May 1956 informing of the award of the O.B.E. and with a letter from the Director of Fuel, Movements and Transport (Naval), M.O.D., dated 22 December 1966, written on the occasion of his retirement, which says of him, ‘It must have given you great satisfaction to have been so closely associated with the construction of many vessels now in RFA service.’ - the letter and envelope addressed to him at ‘20 The Promenade, Withernsea, E. Yorks.’ With a copy of the paper written by Crowdy and Pearson, entitled, ‘Machinery for Fleet Replenishment Tankers, dated 22 November 1965; copied research from the North East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders and O.B.E. military case of issue.