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

Three: Gunner L. Hatcher, 4/2 Maritime Regiment, Royal Artillery, who died on active service in June 1941

1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45, in their original card forwarding box addressed to ‘Mr. A. C. Hatcher, 13 Rosewin Hill, Truro, Cornwall’, nearly 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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Leonard Hatcher died on active service on 9 June 1941, while serving as a Gunner in 4/2 Maritime Regiment, Royal Artillery. He has no known grave, was 20 years of age and is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial.

Three vessels were sunk on this date, the cargo ship Silverpalm in the North Atlantic, which was torpedoed by the U-101; the cargo ship Diana south-east of Iceland, which was bombed by enemy aircraft; and the cargo ship Dagmar east of the Isle of Wight, which met a similar fate.