Six: Petty Officer F. G. H. Clack, Royal Navy

1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (J. 111215 F. G. H. Clack, L.S., H.M.S. Canton), generally good very fine (6) £80-100

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

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The armed merchant cruiser H.M.S. Canton served on the Northern Patrol and in the Western Approaches (1939-40), with the Freetown Escort Force (1940-41), on the South Atlantic Station (1941-42), and with the Eastern Fleet in the Indian Ocean (1942-44), in which latter year she was converted for use as a troopship.