Auction Catalogue

20 April 2022

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Lot

№ 289

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20 April 2022

Hammer Price:
£360

Seven: Leading Sick Berth Attendant W. E. J. Lane, Royal Navy

1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, S.E. Asia 1945-46 (D/JX. 371948. W. E. Lane. A.B. R.N.); Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (D/JX.371948 W. E. Lane. A.B. R.N.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (M.929331 W. E. J. Lane. L.S.B.A. R.N.H. Plymouth.) initials officially corrected on last, mounted as worn, light contact marks, good very fine (7) £260-£300

W. E. J. Lane, a native of Newton Abbott, joined the Royal Navy and served in H.M.S. Amethyst in Korea. On his return to the U.K. he transferred to the Medical Branch. This was possibly prompted by him helping in the sick bay during the recapture of Chong-ni-do Island. He is recorded as being on board H.M.S. Daring during a gunner accident on 19 June 1952, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal whilst serving at the Royal Naval Hospital, Plymouth.

Sold with a scrapbook of newspaper cuttings, mainly regarding the recipient’s success as a boxer, and also noting the fact that he was an amateur poet.