Auction Catalogue

5 & 6 December 2018

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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Lot

№ 1021

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6 December 2018

Hammer Price:
£1,700

Five: Stocker Mechanic D. Radford, Royal Navy

1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Yangtze 1949 (C/KX..607664 D. Radford. Sto. Mech. R.N.) minor contact marks, good very fine (5) £600-£800

Douglas Radford, a native of Beeston, Nottingham, served in H.M.S. London during the Yangtze incident: ‘I was in the engine-room during three hours’ shelling from Communist guns, and this was the safest place to be as it was not hit. I had a full-time job looking after the lubrication pumps for the engines, and didn’t have much time to worry about what was happening.’ (article in the Nottingham Evening Post, dated 9 September 1949 refers).