Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Second World War carrier operations D.S.M. group of six awarded to Chief Shipwright J. P. Johnson, Royal Navy

Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Ch. Ship. J. P. Johnson, R. 221129); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, clasp, France and Germany; Africa Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45 generally good very fine (6) £600-800

D.S.M. London Gazette 14 June 1945.

John Patrick Johnson, who was from Dundee, was serving in the escort carrier H.M.S. Pursuer at the time of receiving his decoration. A ship of the tracker-class which had been fitted out as a ‘fighter carrier’, the Pursuer was the holder of battle honours for ‘Norway 1944’, ‘Normandy 1944’, ‘South of France 1944’, ‘Aegean 1944’ and ‘Atlantic 1943-45’, during which period she hosted elements of No. 881 and No. 896 Squadrons, F.A.A., which units went into action in Wildcats.