Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Six: Stoker Petty Officer W. Attey, Royal Navy, who was killed in action when H.M.S. Eclipse was torpedoed in the Aegean Sea on 24 October 1943

Naval General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1936-1939 (K. 62327 W. Attey. S.P.O. R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (K. 62327 W. Attey. S.P.O. H.M.S. Hasty.); together with a named sporting prize medal for 1937-39, good very fine (6) £180-£220

William Attey, a native of Cardiff, was born in 1902 and served during the Second World War as a Stoker Petty Officer in H.M.S. Eclipse. He was killed in action when the Eclipse hit a mine in the Aegean Sea on 24 October 1943, and sunk within five minutes. He is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial.

Sold with original Admiralty certificate of death; identity tag; and riband bar.