Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War ‘Auxiliary Patrol’ D.S.M. group of four awarded to Skipper C. Slapp, Royal Naval Reserve, killed in action, 30 May 1917

Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (S.A.1071 2nd Hd., R.N.R., H.M. Tr. Ina Williams. Aux. Patrol 1916); 1914-15 Star (1071 S.A. 2 Hd., R.N.R.); British War and Victory Medals (S.A. 1071 Skr., R.N.R.) ‘Victory’ with heavy edge bruising; others good very fine (4) £700-800

D.S.M. London Gazette 27 June 1917. ‘... in recognition of their services in vessels of the Auxiliary Patrol between 1st February and 31st December 1916’.

Skipper Charles Slapp, R.N.R., of the H.M. Trawler Ina Williams, was killed in action on 30 May 1917 when his vessel was mined off Berehaven. His name is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial.