A Collection of Awards to Merchant Seamen and D.E.M.S. Gunners

Four: Seaman J. Parry, Merchant Navy

1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45, in their original addressed card forwarding box, together with the recipient’s Minister of Transport condolence slip in the name of ‘John Parry’, extremely fine (4) £30-50

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Awards to Merchant Seamen and D.E.M.S. Gunners.

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John Parry, who was born in Bangor in June 1890, served aboard the S.S. Seythia between May 1940 and April 1942, and latterly in the hospital ship Elder Dempster. He died back in his hometown in October 1945, and his medals were claimed by his widow Ceinwen in 1950.