Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (6285270 Pte. N. W. Rutter. The Buffs.) minor official correction to unit, good very fine £100-£140

Norman Wilfred Rutter was born in Kent and attested for the East Kent Regiment, serving with them in pre-War Palestine. Transferring to the 4th Maritime Regiment, Royal Artillery, he saw further service during the Second World War, serving in various merchant vessels, and was killed in action on 2 July 1944 when the infantry landing ship the S.S. Empire Broadsword was mined and sunk off the Normandy coast, whilst supporting the Normandy landings. Aged 37 at the time of his death, he is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial.