Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Six: Chaplain G. C. W. Healey, Royal Navy, who served as a Cypher Officer during the Second World War, and as a Methodist Chaplain in Korea

1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (Chpln G C Healey RN) marked ‘R’ for Replacement; U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued, mounted as worn, traces of verdigris to Atlantic Star, otherwise good very fine (6) £180-220

George Charles Wilson Healey was born at Hastings, Sussex, on 19 March 1916, and joined the Royal Navy as a Supply Assistant on 8 January 1941. He served in H.M.S. Nemo, prior to being commissioned acting Sub-Lieutenant in the Royal Navy on 14 June 1943. He subsequently served as a Cypher Officer at H.M. Naval Base, Khor Kuwai in the Persian Gulf from 17 May to 14 October 1944. A staunch Methodist, he re-entered the Royal Navy as a Methodist Chaplain on 1 September 1948, and served on the Staff of the Commander-in-Chief for duty with the Home Fleet until 1970, building up a substantial flock.

Sold together with a portrait photograph of the recipient, and with much copied research including his annual confidential reports.