Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Second War D.S.M. group of eight awarded to Chief Skipper W. A. Fallowfield, Royal Naval Reserve

Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (X. 41S.C. W. A. Fallowfield. 2-Hd. R.N.R.); Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1936-1939 (Skipper. W. A. Fallowfield. R.N.R.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; Royal Naval Reserve Decoration, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, reverse officially dated 1951; together with a ‘l’École du Ski Français’ badge, Second World War stars gilded, good very fine (8) £1,000-£1,400

D.S.M. London Gazette 1 January 1941:
‘For outstanding zeal, patience and cheerfulness, and for never failing to set an example of wholehearted devotion to duty, without which the high tradition of the Royal Navy could not have been upheld’

R.D. London Gazette 18 December 1951.

William Archibald Fallowfield was born in Hull on 11 May 1905, enrolling in the Royal Naval Reserve for patrol service. He was decorated for service on H.M. Trawler William Wesney. He commanded H.M.S. Byms 2025 between April 1942 and early 1945. Fallowfield retired from the R.N.R. on 11 May 1955 (London Gazette 6 September 1955), having been awarded the Reserves Decoration in 1951. His skiing career is unconfirmed.