Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Mention in Despatches Certificates (2), ‘Captain Michael Maynard Denny, C.B., Royal Navy, 20 December 1940’; another, ‘Captain Michael Maynard Denny, C.B., C.B.E., R.N., H.M.S. Victorious, 30 May 1944’, the two mounted in a glass fronted frame, good condition £200-250

Admiral Sir Michael Maynard Denny, G.C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O. (1896-1972). After being educated at the Royal Naval Colleges of Osborne and Dartmouth, he entered the Royal Navy as a Midshipman in 1914, becoming a Lieutenant in 1917. Promoted to Captain in 1936, he commanded the cruiser Kenya, 1940-42, was Chief of Staff to the C-in-C. Home Fleet 1942--43 and commanded the aircraft carrier Victorious, 1944-45. Attaining the rank of Admiral in 1952, he was Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy, 1949-53 and C-in-C. Home Fleet and C-in-C. Eastern Atlantic (NATO), 1954-55. His 30 May 1944 ‘mention’ was for the attack on the Tirpitz, 3 April 1944.