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4 & 5 March 2020

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№ 394

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4 March 2020

Hammer Price:
£150

Six: Able Seaman A. E. Upperton, Royal Navy

British War and Victory Medals (J.57417 A. E. Upperton. Ord. R.N.); Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1936-1939 (J.57417 A. E. Upperton. A.B. R.N.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, coinage head (J.57417 A. E. Upperton. A.B. H.M.S. Bulldog.) minor official correction to ship on last, the Great War awards fine, the rest good very fine and better (6) £160-£200

Albert Edward Upperton was born in Holloway, London, on 11 March 1900, and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in the cruiser H.M.S. Powerful on 18 August 1916. Advanced Able Seaman on 3 June 1920, he specialised as a Seaman Torpedoman and became a Leading Torpedo Operator on 25 August 1930. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 30 May 1933, whilst serving in H.M.S. Bulldog, whilst based in Malta. He served during the Second World War at home, and latterly at H.M.S. Vulture, the Royal Naval Air Station at St. Merryn, Cornwall, and in April 1945 was attached to 736 Squadron based there. He was released on 13 September 1945.

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