Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Acting Stoker Petty Officer A. Paton, Royal Navy

1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (KX.78292 A. Paton. A/S.P.O. H.M.S. Medway), mounted as worn, good very fine (5) £60-£80

Arthur Paton was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 16 May 1942, while serving in H.M.S. Medway, a submarine depot ship, which was sunk by an enemy submarine on 29 June 1942. Sold with detailed research on the ship and her eventual loss.