Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

The Royal Naval Reserve L.S. & G.C. awarded to Seaman F. S. Martin, D.S.M., who served in H.M.S. Salamander for the duration of the War, and twice survived his ship being hit in air attacks, and was twice Mentioned in Despatches

Royal Naval Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (10051B. F. S. Martin. Smn. R.N.R.) extremely fine £100-£140

D.S.M. London Gazette 1 January 1944:
‘For gallantry or outstanding service in the face of the enemy, or for zeal, patience, and cheerfulness in dangerous waters, and for setting an example of wholehearted devotion to duty, upholding the high tradition of the Royal Navy.’

M.I.D. London Gazettes 11 June 1942 and 1 January 1944.

Frederick Stanley Martin was born in Liverpool on 1 January 1909 and enlisted in the Royal Naval Reserve on 20 January 1932. Called out by proclamation on 7 October 1939, he was posted initially to H.M.S. Drake, and then to the Halycon-class Minesweeper H.M.S. Salamander on 16 October 1939, serving in her until 31 January 1945. Present at Dunkirk, in the Atlantic, the Russian Convoys, and in action on D-Day, he twice survived Salamander being hit in air attacks, the first time by the Luftwaffe off Dunkirk on 1 June 1940, and the second time mistakenly by the Royal Air Force off Le Harve in August 1944. He was awarded his Royal Naval Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 17 August 1943, and having returned to H.M.S. Drake on 1 February 1945 was invested with his Distinguished Service Medal on 2 March 1945. He was shore released on 16 October 1945 and died in Liverpool in 1983.

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