Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Petty Officer F. Smith, Royal Navy - who served on H.M.S. Tenby - a veteran of the Dieppe Raid and the D-Day Landings

1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, clasp, France and Germany; Africa Star; War Medal, M.I.D. oak leaf, these unnamed; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (JX.131532 P.O. H.M.S. Tenby) official correction to ship’s name, mounted as worn, very fine and better (5) £120-160

M.I.D. London Gazette 1 January 1943. ‘..... for bravery in face of the Enemy or in dangerous waters; or for zeal and devotion to duty.’

The M.I.D. was a New Years Honours award for 1943 for service on H.M.S. Tenby.

H.M.S. Tenby was a Bangor Class minesweeper launched in 1939. The ship distinguished itself in the Dieppe Raid and D-Day landings - gaining the battle honours ‘Dieppe’ and ‘Normandy’. She also established the world record for one continuous sweep, which was in excess of 72 hours off the Norwegian coast. The ship was paid off in June 1946 and scrapped in 1948.

With copied gazette extracts and other research.