Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Leading Seaman W. L. Cockerill, Royal Navy

1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (P/JX151379 W. L. Cockerill. Ldg. Smn. R.N.) mounted for wear, minor official correction to ‘R.N.’ on last, good very fine and better (5) £140-£180

William Leslie Cockerill was born in St. Pancreas, London on 16 February 1921 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 30 November 1936. He was advanced to Boy 1st Class in July 1937 and promoted to Ordinary Seaman in February 1939, Able Seaman in May 1940;,Acting Leading Seaman in January 1945, and Temporary Leading Seaman in November 1947. He was released to the Reserve on 26 September 1952. During the Second World War he served in the cruiser H.M.S. Suffolk from February 1938 to March 1940; the battleship H.M.S. King George V from October 1940 to August 1942, and the tank assault vessel H.M.S. Thruster from October 1943 to January 1945. In 1952 he was living in Birmingham.

Sold together with the recipient’s original Certificate of Service; Gunnery History Sheet (2); Torpedo History Sheet; Recommendations for Advancement and Conduct Record Sheet; Interim Trade Certificate; R.N. Educational Test Certificate; an addressed envelope, and a postcard group photograph.