Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

General Service 1962, 3 clasps, Borneo, Malay Peninsula, Northern Ireland (Midshipman N. J. Simpson. R.N.) good very fine £300-£400

Alan Hall Collection, June 2000.

Nigel Jeremy Simpson entered the R.N.C. Dartmouth as a Cadet in September 1964 and first went to sea in the aircraft and commando carrier H.M.S. Albion, in which he was appointed a Midshipman in September 1965. It was during this seagoing commission that he witnessed active service in the Borneo and Malay Peninsula operations. Having then completed his studies at Dartmouth, he was confirmed in the rank of Sub-Lieutenant and attended the gunnery establishment Excellent, prior to joining the minesweeper Yarnton. He subsequently served with the Mine and Counter Measures Squadron and was advanced to Lieutenant in September 1969. His final appointment was in the depot and accommodation ship Maidstone at Belfast, which service resulted in the award of his ‘Northern Ireland’ clasp, and he was placed on the Retired List at his own request in 1973.