Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Leading Stores Assistant R. V. Collinson, Royal Navy

1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (M.38536 R. V. Collinson. L.S.A. H.M.S. Aurora.); together with a silver presentation medal, the obverse engraved ‘R.V.C. H.M.S. Danae’, the reverse engraved ‘Presented to R. V. Collinson, S.A., from the Ship’s Company H.M.S. Danae for rescue at sea during a storm’, nearly extremely fine (6) £100-£140

Reginald Victor Collinson was born in Ipswich, Suffolk, on 21 April 1906 and joined the Royal Navy as a Stores Assistant on 28 August 1924. He served in H.M.S. Danae from 30 December 1924 to 9 September 1925, and was presented with a silver medal by the Ship’s Company for his gallantry during a storm at sea. He was advanced Leading Stores Assistant on 2 March 1938 and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 4 April 1939. He was shore pensioned on 29 March 1946.