Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Officer’s Steward H. J. Lovett, Royal Navy

1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45; Special Constabulary L.S., E.II.R., 2nd issue (Harold J. Lovett), mounted as worn, good very fine (4) £30-40

Harold Joseph Lovett was born in Bucknall, Staffordshire on 10 January 1927. He volunteered for service in the Royal Navy in November 1944. Rated an Assistant Steward, he served in the training establishments H.M.S. Royal Arthur (Skegness) and Duke (Great Malvern) before going to H.M.S. Europa - the patrol service base at Lowestoft, December 1944-February 1945. He then served briefly at the naval base H.M.S. Proserpine (Lyness, Scapa Flow) before going to the depot ship and former flagship H.M.S. Iron Duke, where he remained until the end of the war. Promoted Officer’s Steward in April 1946, he was released from service on 13 March 1947. Sold with the recipient’s cloth Certificate of Service.