Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Marine Engineering Artificer (Hull) 1st Class D. Tait, Royal Navy

General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Malay Peninsula (056026 D. Tait. Shpt. Art. 3. R.N.); South Atlantic 1982, with rosette (MEA (H) 1 D Tait DO56026T HMS Hecla); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (DO56026T D Tait MEA (1) HMS Hydra) mounted as worn, better than very fine (3) £700-£900

Both H.M.S. Hecla and H.M.S. Hydra are Ocean Survey Vessels. During the war in the Falkland Islands both ships, together with H.M.S. Herald, were fitted out as Casualty Evacuation Ships. During the Malay Peninsula operations it is possible that he was serving in the surveying ship Dampier.