Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Second War D.S.M. group of five awarded to Stoker 1st Class J. S. Corstorphine, Royal Navy, who served with the destroyer H.M.S. Liddesdale on convoy escort in the Mediterranean

Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (Sto. 1. J. S. Corstorphine. C/KX. 117164.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45, generally very fine (5) £600-£800

D.S.M. London Gazette 1 January 1945:

‘For distinguished service during the War in Europe.’

John Sutherland Corstorphine served during the Second War as a Stoker 1st Class with H.M.S. Liddesdale. The latter was a destroyer which served on convoy escort in the Mediterranean, and was based from Malta.