Medals from the Collection of the late Eric Smith

Four: Fireman A. Utley, Merchant Navy, who was killed in action in the S.S. Dungrange in June 1944

1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45, together with original Minister of Transport condolence slip in the name of ‘Albert Utley’, extremely fine (3) £60-80

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

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Albert Utley was killed in action on 10 June 1944, when his ship the S.S. Dungrange was sunk by E-Boats off the Isle of Wight at a Normandy convoy assembly point. The son of Mrs. A. E. Utley of Moorthorpe, Yorkshire, he was 21 years of age and is commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial.