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8 & 9 May 2019

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Lot

№ 79

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8 May 2019

Hammer Price:
£1,000

A Second World War ‘Operation Torch’ D.S.M. group of seven awarded to Chief Stoker A. L. B. Burman, Royal Navy, H.M.S. Cadmus

Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (KX. 79507 A. L. B. Burman, Ch. Sto.) impressed naming; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (KX. 79507 A. L. B. Burman, Ch. Sto. H.M.S. Cadmus) mounted as worn,
good very fine (7) £1,400-£1,800

D.S.M. London Gazette 6 April 1943: ‘For bravery and skill in the hazardous operations in which the Allied Forces were landed in North Africa.’

The recommendation states:

‘For energy and devotion to duty in carrying out repairs whilst at sea, and for leadership and steadiness during air attacks.’

Albert Llewellyn Bird Burman was born in Bristol on 2 November 1908, the son of Albert Burman, a marine engineer in the merchant service. During the early part of the war he served aboard the destroyer H.M.S. Punjabi. He joined H.M.S. Cadmus, an Algerine Class Minesweeper, on 20 March 1942, and remained in her until the end of the war. He was awarded the D.S.M. whilst serving aboard H.M.S. Cadmus during Operation Torch, the Allied landings in North Africa in 1942. Cadmus was adopted by the civil community of Clevedon, Somerset, after a successful Warship Week National Savings campaign held in January 1942. Albert Burman died at Portishead on 5 September 1997, and is buried in All Saints Churchyard, Clevedon.

Sold with a good quantity of original documents and effects, including Certificate of Service, various other certificates, technical Exercise Books, ribbons, buttons and rank insignia, together with additional copied research.