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

Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (JX. 131077 E. A. Guinevan, C.P.O. Tel., H.M.S. Easton) rank and ship’s name officially corrected, good very fine £50-70

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. Easton won six Battle Honours in the 1939-45 War, ranging from “English Channel 1942” to “North Sea 1945”, with some general Mediterranean honours in between. During the course of these activities, she was involved in no less than four actions with U-Boats, the most memorable being her ramming and destruction of the U-548 off Pantelleria on 23 August 1943. Whether Guinevan was aboard her on this occasion remains unknown, but as a Chief Petty Officer in a destroyer, it seems likely he was a Torpedo Coxswain, the most senior rating in the ship’s company.