Medals from the Collection of the late Eric Smith

Three: Signal Boy A. C. Nobbin, Royal Navy, who was killed in action in H.M.S. Hermes in April 1942, aged 17 years

1939-45 Star; Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45, all privately inscribed, ‘Signal Boy (R.N.) A. C. Nobbin, H.M.S. Hermes, April 9th 1942’, together with original Admiralty condolence slip in the name of ‘Arthur Claude Nobbin’, extremely fine (3) £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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Arthur Claude Nobbin was killed in action on 9 April 1942, when H.M.S. Hermes was attacked by 70 Japanese dive bombers off Ceylon and went down inside 10 minutes, with a loss of 19 officers and 283 ratings. The son of John and Gwendoline Nobbin of Brixton, London, he was just 17 years of age and is commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.