Medals from the Collection of the late Eric Smith

The Naval L.S. & G.C. Medal awarded to Ordinary Mechanic 5th Class R. C. Bailey, Royal Navy, who was killed in action in the frigate H.M.S. Tweed in January 1944

Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (MX. 703988 R. C. Bailey, O.M. 5, H.M.S. Tweed), 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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Ronald Clifford Bailey was killed in action on 7 January 1944, when his ship the frigate Tweed was torpedoed by the U-305 off Ireland and sank within two minutes - there were 44 survivors, but Bailey was not among them. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial. Tweed had earlier won Battle Honours for Biscay 1943 and Atlantic 1943-44.