Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Six: Lieutenant N. L. Storey, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Minesweeping 1945-51 (Lieut. N. L. Storey. R.N.V.R.) extremely fine (6) £260-£300

Neville Lionel Storey was born on 17 September 1910, at Leiston, Suffolk, was educated at Framlingham College and was a Hotel manager before joining the Patrol Service on 6 June 1940, as a Seaman 1st Class, aged nearly 30. His service record notes ‘For service in yachts and motor boats only’ and his engagement was ‘Until the end of the present emergency.’ He was promoted to Temporary Sub Lieutenant (Special Branch) R.N.V.R. on 4 December 1941, and promoted to Temporary Lieutenant on 4 March 1942. His Officer’s Record indicates that he was in St George from January 1942, in Tern (R.N.A.S. at Twatt in Orkney as Active Defence Instructor) from April 1942, in President and Pembroke for Executive Officers’ courses from March to July 1943, followed by minesweeping courses at Lochinvar until mid-August, by which time he had transferred to the Executive Branch of the R.N.V.R. He then took passage to Bizerta, Tunisia, where he joined Rothesay on 2 October 1943, under Commander A. A. Martin, D.S.O., D.S.C.**, R.D., R.N.R. For the next 18 months he took part in minesweeping operations in the Mediterranean, including the landings in Italy at Anzio and possibly Salerno beforehand, and the South Coast of France in August 1944, leaving the ship on 22 March 1945. He became eligible for the N.G.S. medal following minesweeping service in Myrmidon from 1 April to 25 November 1946. Sold with copied record of service and other research.