Medals from the Collection of the late Eric Smith

The Naval L.S. & G.C. Medal awarded to Stoker Petty Officer C. Barker, Royal Navy, who died of wounds while serving in H.M.S. Derwent in March 1943

Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (KX. 77212 C. Barker, S.P.O., H.M.S. Offa), good very fine £100-120

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of the late Eric Smith.

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Christopher James Barker died of wounds on 20 March 1943, while serving in the destroyer H.M.S. Derwent - the previous day, in Tripoli harbour, his ship had been severely damaged by a torpedo dropped by a Ju. 88. He left a widow resident in Bedale, Yorkshire, was 40 years of age and is buried in Malta (Capuccini) Naval Cemetery. Derwent was a veteran of the Malta run, while his earlier appointment in the Offa, another destroyer, may have encompassed her Battle Honours for Norway 1941 and Arctic 1941-45.