Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Second World War D.S.M. group of seven awarded to Petty Officer K. C. Vearncombe, Royal Navy, for services when his ship was bombed and sunk in the Mediterranean in October 1941

Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (JX.126631 K. C. Vearncombe, P.O.) impressed naming; Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1936-39 (JX.126631 A.B. R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; War Medal; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (JX.126631 P.O. H.M.S. Forward) extremely fine (7) £600-700

D.S.M. London Gazette 20 January 1942: ‘Petty Officer Kenneth Charles Vearncombe. For coolness, skill and devotion to duty while serving in the Mediterranean.’

According to Seedie’s Roll Petty Officer Vearncombe was serving aboard the anti-submarine whaler Kos XXI ( renamed Whippet in September 1941) which was bombed and sunk by enemy aircraft in the Mediterranean on 4 October 1941.