Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Six: Attributed to Ordnance Mechanic F. I. Norris, Royal Navy and Mercantile Marine, who served in H.M.S. Kenya during Operation Pedestal, the Malta Convoy

1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45, with Admiralty enclosure, in named card box of issue addressed to ‘Mr. F. I. Norris, 29 South Park, Lincoln, Lincs’; Malta George Cross 50th Anniversary Medal 1992, unnamed as issued, nearly extremely fine (6) £100-£140

Frederick Irvin Norris was born in Lincoln on 19 February 1921 and joined the Mercantile Marine on 18 December 1936. Following the outbreak of the Great War he joined the Royal Navy on 9 April 1941, and served throughout the War in a variety of ships and shore based establishments, including H.M.S. Kenya from 11 December 1941 to 2 October 1942, taking part initially on the Arctic convoys, before transferring to the Mediterranean in June 1942, where he took part in Operation Pedestal, the Malta Convoy in August 1942. Discharged on 25 January 1946, he retuned to the Merchant Navy, and died in March 2003.

Sold together with the recipient’s Royal Navy Certificate of Service; Ordnance Mechanic’s History Sheet; Merchant Navy Continuous Certificate of Discharge; various letters, handbooks, and booklets; postcard photograph of the recipient, and other photographs; and other ephemera.