Auction Catalogue

23 November 2009

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Medals from the Collection of the Late Eric Smith (Part II)

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Lot

№ 52

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23 November 2009

Hammer Price:
£65

Three: Leading Seaman W. L. Emmitt, Royal Naval Patrol Service, who was killed in action in H.M. Trawler Manor in July 1942

1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45, in their original addressed card forwarding box with related condolence slip in the name of ‘Walter L. Emmitt’, 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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Walter Leonard Emmitt was killed in action on 9 July 1942, when the anti-submarine trawler Manor was sunk by E-Boats in the Channel - only one member of crew survived. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Lowestoft Naval Memorial; the above described forwarding box is addressed to ‘Mrs. I. D. Emmitt, 98 Strand Street, Grimsby, Lincolnshire.’