Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria, to include the Brian Ritchie Collection (Part I)

A Second World War B.E.M. group of eight to Sick Berth Chief Petty Officer S. C. Luckham, Royal Navy

British Empire Medal, (Military) G.VI.R., 1st issue (S.B.C.P.O. Sydney C. Luckman, C/M. 38112); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals; Royal Navy L.S.& G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (M.38112 L. C. Luckham, S.B.P.O., H.M.S. Pembroke), note different spelling of surname, nearly extremely fine (8) £280-320

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals to Royal Naval Sick Berth Personnel from the collection of John Hailey.

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B.E.M. London Gazette 13 June 1946. S.B.C.P.O., H.M.S. Chinkara.

Sydney Charles Luckham was awarded his B.E.M. for services in H.M.S. Chinkara, the Royal Navy Landing Craft Base in Cochin, India. He was commissioned on 1 October 1944 and paid off on 3 June 1946.