Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Petty Officer L. T. Lang, Royal Navy, M.I.D. for services with H.M.S. Kite when she helped sink U-449 off Spain, 23 June 1943

Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1936-1939 (J.104083 L. T. Lang. P.O. R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45, M.I.D. Oak Leaf, loose on riband; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (J.104083 L. T. Lang. P.O. H.M.S. Galatea.) generally very fine (5) £140-£180

M.I.D. London Gazette 14 September 1943:

‘For great skill and daring in action with enemy submarines in the Atlantic whilst serving in H.M. Ships Starling, Wren, Kite, Wildgoose, Woodpecker, Oribi, Offa, Ness and Fleetwood.’

Seedie’s gives for service with H.M.S. Kite, and the destruction of U-449 in the North Atlantic, 24 June 1943.

Leonard Thomas Lang served with the Royal Navy during the Second War. Having advanced to Petty Officer, he was present when the Kite (sloop) combined with the Wren, Woodpecker and Wildgoose, managed to sink the above U-boat near Cape Ortegal, Spain.