Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Eight: Engineer Lieutenant-Commander V. W. J. Elliott, Royal Navy, who was Mentioned in Despatches for services in Korea aboard H.M.S. Belfast

1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star, clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Burma Star, clasp, Pacific; War Medal; Naval General Service 1915-62, 2 clasps, S.E. Asia 1945-46, Near East (V. W. J. Elliott. Wt Ord. Officer. R.N.) official correction to ‘Wt’; Korea 1950-53, with M.I.D. oak leaf (S.C.O.E. V. W. J. Elliott. R.N.); U.N. Korea, mounted as worn, good very fine (8) £1,600-£2,000

M.I.D. London Gazette 3 October 1952: ‘For gallant and distinguished services in operations in Korean waters - Senior Commissioned Ordnance Engineer Victor William Josiah Elliott, Royal Navy, H.M.S. Belfast.’

During the Korean war H.M.S. Belfast fired so many salvoes that she wore out her 6-inch guns and had to return to Singapore to have 12 replacement barrels fitted. In his role as Senior Commissioned Ordnance Engineer, Elliott would have been directly overseeing these events. Sold with some research.