A Second War D.S.M. group of six awarded to Second Hand C. Wilson, Royal Naval Reserve

Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (C. Wilson. 2-Hd. H.M.T. Northern Gem.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Naval Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (65 S.B. C. Wilson. 2. Hd. R.N.R.), generally very fine (6) £800-£1,200

D.S.M. London Gazette 1 January 1940:
‘For unfailing courage, endurance and resource in H.M. trawlers, drifters and minesweepers in their hard and perilous task of sweeping the seas clean of enemy mines and combating submarines.

Christopher Wilson is mentioned in S. A. Kerslake’s memoirs Coxswain in the Northern Convoys, focusing on the early days of the war and the Norway 1940 campaign:
‘One after another the rest of the shore party followed him in: our officer, the coxswain, Chris Wilson, myself and four others. We forged our way to the beach where we stamped our feet and jumped up and down to try and warm ourselves up. I remember that we had a good giggle about paddling and getting paid for it, when suddenly the Lewis gun that was set up in the bows of the boat, opened up, and we saw tracers going over our heads.’