Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Six: Petty Officer J. Dodsworth, Royal Navy

1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Burma Star, 1 clasp, Pacific; War Medal 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (J.104541 J. Dodsworth. A.B. H.M.S. Apollo) mounted for wear, ship of last partially officially corrected, generally very fine or better (6) £140-£180

M.I.D. London Gazette 4 May 1943 (Mediterranean).

James Dodsworth was born in Richmond, Yorkshire in August 1904. He joined the Royal Navy as Boy 1st Class in August 1922, and advanced to Petty Officer in March 1940 (awarded L.S. & G.C. in October 1937). Dodsworth served with H.M.S. Javelin (destroyer) from January 1942, and was Mentioned in Despatches for her part in the destruction of a flotilla of Italian small ships in Libyan waters, 19 January 1943. The British destroyers Javelin and Kelvin discovered the Tripoli Minesweeping Flotilla fleeing Tunisia for Italy during the course of the night. They attacked immediately, and destroyed the entire flotilla with the loss of 180 Italian sailors’ lives.