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

Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (KX. 77700 W. A. J. Campbell, S.P.O., H.M.S. Cattistock) good very fine £60-80

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals for Services at Sea from the Collection of the Late Oliver Stirling Lee.

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The Hunt-class destroyer H.M.S. Cattistock was commissioned in July 1940 and shortly afterwards joined the 21st Destroyer Flotilla at Sheerness, where she was based for the remainder of the War on coastal convoy and anti-E-boat operations, and was several times in action. One of her busiest periods was during the summer of 1944, while acting in support of the Normandy landings, and in an action against an enemy convoy on 29 August, she suffered 26 hits and the loss of her skipper, Lieutenant R. G. D. Keddie, D.S.C.