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

Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (J. 80031 G. H. Jarvis, C.P.O., H.M.S. Hecla), edge nicks, nearly extremely fine £100-120

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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George Harold Jarvis was born at West Alvington, near Kingsbridge, Devon in May 1902 and entered the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in October 1917. Confirmed as a recipient of the British War and Victory Medals for his subsequent service in the Great War, he was killed in action on 11 November 1942 while employed as a Chief Petty Officer aboard H.M.S. Hecla:

‘The depot ship Hecla took part in the North African landings and was torpedoed by a German submarine W. of the Straits of Gibraltar on 11 November 1942. She sank with the loss of 13 officers and 266 ratings’ (A Dictionary of Disasters at Sea refers).