Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Lieutenant W. R. Cooper, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, unnamed as issued, some staining, generally very fine

Africa Service Medal (69205. R. G. Hunt) very fine (5) £60-£80

William Robert Cooper, a Tax Officer with the Inland Revenue, was born in Portsmouth on 5 May 1913. He attested into the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve and served during the Second War as a Telegraphist from 12 September 1939. He was commissioned Temporary Sub Lieutenant on 1 November 1940 and served as a Watchkeeping Officer in H.M.T. Spaniard and H.M.T. Pict, both operating from Freetown, Sierra Leone, off the coast of West Africa. Advanced Temporary Lieutenant on 1 November 1941, he saw further service as an Auxiliary Vessels Firing Officer in H.M.S. Marshal Soult and, post-War in the Boom Vessel Mitte under the Fleet officer, Schleswig Holstein. He was released from service on 11 February 1946.

Sold with an original photograph of the recipient in uniform, a quantity of original paperwork relating to the recipient’s war service, and copied research.

Reginald George Hunt, a clerk from Boksburg North, South Africa, was born on 21 March 1917. He attested into South African Naval Forces on 1 October 1941 and was advanced Acting Able Seaman on 1 August 1942. Commissioned Sub Lieutenant on 21 April 1944 he served in the Atlantic and Burma theatres and was released from service on 26 February 1946. He appears to have also possibly previously served for short time with the South African Heavy Artillery, in 1941, before his discharge due to a hernia.

Sold with copied service papers.