Medals from the Collection of the late Eric Smith

Three: Able Seaman J. R. K. Doidge, Royal Navy, who was killed in action in H.M.S. Bittern in April 1940

1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45, together with his identity disc and related St. Vincent relay prize medal, and original Admiralty condolence slip in the name of ‘John Richard Kenneth Doidge’, extremely fine (5) £60-80

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of the late Eric Smith.

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John Richard Kenneth Doidge was killed in action on 30 April 1940, when his ship the sloop H.M.S. Bittern was heavily damaged by enemy aircraft in Namsos Fjord, Norway - she had to be abandoned and sunk by torpedo. The son of John and Ethel Doidge of Bishopstoke, Hampshire, he was 20 years of age and is commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.