Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Six: Petty Officer Telegraphist E. A. Boyd-Perkins, Royal Navy, who, after the Second War, became a well-known film editor, particularly for his work on the 1973 thriller The Wicker Man

Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1936-1939 (JX. 139609. E. A. Boyd-Perkins. P.O. Tel. R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, court mounted for wear, some scratches, very fine (6) £160-£200

Eric Arthur Boyd-Perkins was born in Barnet, Middlesex, in 1917. He attested into the Royal Navy and was Advanced Petty Officer Telegraphist, serving pre-War in Palestine, before further service during the Second World War. After he was demobilised, he started in the film industry, taking on various roles and rising through the ranks, undertaking sound editing and working as an assistant, or supervising editor on films including The Bridge on the River Kwai, and later became particularly well known for his editorial work on the 1973 British thriller The Wicker Man. Other television and film work included The New Avengers, The Disappearance, and the 1981 James Bond film For Your Eyes Only. He died, aged 96, in Wokingham, Berkshire, on 4 December 2014.