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The Royal Navy Long Service Medal awarded to Stoker Petty Officer I. T. Bowdler, Royal Navy, who was killed in action when H.M.S. Cameron was bombed during an enemy air raid whilst in drydock at Portsmouth on 5 December 1940

Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (K.63690 I. T. Bowdler. A/S.P.O. H.M.S. Glorious.) edge bruising, very fine £140-£180

Idwin Thomas Bowdler was born in Pontywain, Monmouthshire, on 13 March 1906 and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 13 March 1939. Advanced Stoker Petty Officer on 5 July 1939, he transferred to H.M.S. Cameron, one of the first eight destroyers transferred from the U.S. Navy, on 1 October 1940, and was killed in action when she was bombed during an enemy air raid whilst in drydock at Portsmouth on 5 December 1940. He is buried in Haslar Royal Naval Cemetery, Hampshire. His widow, Georgina Bowdler, née Abela, was originally from Curmi, Malta.