Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Seven: Leading Cook J. H. Lloyd, Royal Navy, later Divisional Commander, Merseyside Special Constabulary

1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, North Africa 1942-3; War Medal 1939-45; Jubilee 1977; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue, with additional Long Service Bars, dated 1969 and 1979 (John H Lloyd); Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Commemorative Medal for the 40th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1945-85, first six mounted court-style as worn, the last loose, good very fine and better (7) £240-£280

John Henry Lloyd was born on 14 July 1920 in Liverpool and joined the Royal Navy on 8 January 1941 as an Assistant Cook aboard H.M.S. Royal Arthur. After service at the training establishment H.M.S. Drake, he joined the battleship H.M.S. Duke of York as a Cook on 20 March 1942. Serving with the ship during Operation Torch, the North African landings, and Operations Camera and Governor, he also took part in operations off Norway. Posted back to H.M.S. Drake on 22 April 1943, he spent the rest of his war at shore establishments before being discharged unfit for service in 1944 (medical reasons). After the war, Lloyd joined the Merseyside Special Constabulary, being commended for good police work in 1965, and rising to the rank of Divisional Commander by the time he retired in 1981. He was awarded the silver jubilee medal in 1977 as a chief inspector, and died in 2003.

Sold with the recipient’s original Royal Navy Certificate of Service; Award Booklet for the Soviet medal; and a large number of photographs and cuttings relating to Lloyd's career with the Special Constabulary, including letters of Commendation.