Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Stoker Petty Officer S. R. Mansfield, Royal Navy, who died from a shell rack wound to the head whilst on active service in H.M.S. Marauder, 14 February 1947

Naval General Service 1915-62, 2 clasps, Palestine 1936-1939, Palestine 1945-48, second clasp loose on riband, as issued (KX.92714 S. R. Mansfield. Sto. 1. R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, nearly extremely fine (5) £140-£180

Stanley Reginald Mansfield was born in Portsmouth on 24 October 1919 and entered the Royal Navy as a Stoker 2nd Class on 14 December 1937. Promoted Stoker 1st Class on 14 December 1938, he served in H.M.S. Hero during operations on and off the coast of Palestine. He saw further service during the Second World War in H.M.S. Abingdon, Banff, Ferret, and Tuscan, before transferring to H.M.S. Marauder, with the rate of Stoker Petty Officer, on 1 October 1946. He was accidentally killed whilst on active service by a ‘shell rack wound to the head’ on 14 February 1947, aged 32. He is commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.