Five: Lieutenant J. Foran, Royal Navy

Naval General Service 1915-62, 2 clasps, Palestine 1936-1939, Palestine 1945-48 (J.X.160814 J. Foran. A.B. R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, very fine (5) £160-£200

John Foran was appointed Sub-Lieutenant on 14 May 1949 (London Gazette 12 July 1949), and promoted Lieutenant on 9 January 1953. He was later a Conservative Councillor for Newton Heath, Manchester, where he died in June 1969. Sold with two invitations to civic functions, a photograph taken with his wife and a copied obituary notice, excerpts from which read:

‘He served for 12 years in the anti-submarine branch of the Royal Navy. He later became a chargehand for a local firm of electrical engineers. He served on the Central Purchasing, Markets and Town Planning Committees, and was a former Chairman of Newton Heath Ward Conservative Association.’