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ORDERS, DECORaTIONS, CamPaIgN mEDaLS aND mILITaRIa
Able Seaman E. Saunders
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376 Naval General Service 1915-62, G.V.R., one clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914 (K.13864. E. Goodhand, Lg. Sto., H.M.S. Odin.), good very fine £90-110 K.13864 Stoker Petty Officer Eli Goodhand, born Brough, Yorkshire, March 1887; enlisted in the Royal Navy as Stoker 1st Class in H.M.S. Furious, 23.2.1912; promoted Leading Stoker, 22.8.1912; served in H.M.S. Odin, 7.3.1914 - 2.3.1917; promoted Stoker Petty Officer, 1.9.1915; retired, 29.9.1922.
377 Naval General Service 1915-62, G.VI.R., one clasp, Palestine 1936-1939 (M.35183. F.T. Ryan. E.A.1. R.N.), toned, extremely fine £80-120
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378 The Fine 1949 ‘Yangtze Incident’ N.G.S. to Able Seaman E. Saunders, H.M.S. Amethyst, Who Took Part in the Daring Escape to Rejoin the Fleet Naval General Service 1915-62, G.VI.R., one clasp, Yangtze 1949 (D/SSX.815328 E. Saunders. A.B. R.N.), good very fine £2,000-2,500 D/SSX.815328 Able Seaman Eric Noble Saunders, born Liverpool, 23.2.1928; enlisted in the Royal Navy as Ordinary Seaman, serving in H.M.S. Raleigh, 21.8.1946; promoted Able Seaman, 11.1.1848; transferred to H.M.S. Amethyst, 8.7.1948, and served in her during the “Yangtze Incident”, 20.4- 31.7.1949, as part of the damage-control party, responsible for filling in various shell holes along Amethyst’s waterline; present throughout the famous dash down the Yangtze River on the night of the 30th-31st July (“Have rejoined the Fleet, no damage or casualties, God Save the King”); later took part in the celebrations when the ship returned home, and sat on Table 2 at the Celebratory Dinner at the Dorchester Hotel, 16.11.1949; discharged, 14.12.1953.
x379 Naval General Service 1915-62, G.VI.R., one clasp, Yangtze 1949 (C/Mx.804248 W.H. Pounder. Jnr.4. R.N.), extremely fine £650-750
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