Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Stoker First Class A. W. Neep, Royal Navy, who was killed in action/ died of wounds during the evacuation from Singapore on 13 February 1942

1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Admiralty enclosure, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mr. Frederick J. Neep, 1 Preston Crescent, Inverkeithing, Fife, Scotland’, extremely fine (3) £120-£160

Adam William Neep served during the Second World War as a Stoker First Class, and was killed in action/ died of wounds during the evacuation of Singapore on 13 February 1942 whilst borne on the books of H.M.S. Grasshopper; however, other sources state that he was at the time of his death aboard H.M.S. Scorpion, which was sunk by the Japanese at 21:30 on 13 February. He is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial. His medals were sent to his father, Frederick Neep.