Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (L. 15031 R. W. J. Hayler, L. Std., H.M.S. Witherington) good very fine £60-80

Ronald William James Hayler was awarded his L.S. & G.C. Medal in July 1940, while serving in the destroyer H.M.S. Witherington. She won three Battle Honours in the 1939-45 War, namely “Atlantic 1939-44”, “Norway 1940” and “English Channel 1940”, all of which were pertinent to Hayler’s time aboard, but whether he was similarly employed when she contributed to the destruction of the U-340 in November 1943 remains unknown.