Auction Catalogue

27 July 2022

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Lot

№ 217

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27 July 2022

Hammer Price:
£140

Pair: Petty Officer J. Frankish, Royal Navy

General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Malay Peninsula (JX.820228 J. Frankish. P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue ((JX.820228 J. Frankish. P.O. H.M.S. Egeria.) mounted as worn, extremely fine (2) £140-£180

Joseph Frankish was born in Bridlington on 2 April 1931, and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 1st Class on 18 March 1947. He specialised as a Surveying Recorder and rose through the rates to become Petty Officer (SR1), retiring to pension on 4 May 1974, aged 43.

Sold with M.O.D. letter confirming service details including service aboard the Dampier surveying ship during the Malay Peninsula campaign. He received his L.S. & G.C. medal in April 1967 whilst serving in the inshore survey craft Egeria.