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Three: Temporary Lieutenant R. W. Henfrey, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, who was killed in...
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Three: Temporary Lieutenant R. W. Henfrey, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, who was killed in action in H.M.S. Sotra when the hired whaler was sunk by U-431 off Bardia in January 1942 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45, mounted court-style for display, with original addressed card forwarding box, the side inscribed, ‘S/12652’, and the Navy Accounts label ‘DNA (Wills) and ‘52/696’, together with related Admiralty condolence slip in the name of ‘Temporary Lieutenant Ronald William Henfrey, R.N.V.R.’, extremely fine (3) £80-£100 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Ronald William Henfrey was killed in action on 29 January 1942, while serving in the minesweeper (ex-whaler) H.M.S. Sotra, on which date she was torpedoed and sunk by the U-431, commanded by Wilhelm Dommes, a holder of the Knight’s Cross, off Bardia. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Lowestoft Memorial; the above described forwarding box is addressed to his re-married widow, ‘Mrs. Isabel F. H. Higson, 14 Church Terrace, Wisbech, Cambs.’
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Three: Temporary Lieutenant R. W. Henfrey, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, who was killed in action in H.M.S. Sotra when the hired whaler was sunk by U-431 off Bardia in January 1942 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45, mounted court-style for display, with original addressed card forwarding box, the side inscribed, ‘S/12652’, and the Navy Accounts label ‘DNA (Wills) and ‘52/696’, together with related Admiralty condolence slip in the name of ‘Temporary Lieutenant Ronald William Henfrey, R.N.V.R.’, extremely fine (3) £80-£100 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Ronald William Henfrey was killed in action on 29 January 1942, while serving in the minesweeper (ex-whaler) H.M.S. Sotra, on which date she was torpedoed and sunk by the U-431, commanded by Wilhelm Dommes, a holder of the Knight’s Cross, off Bardia. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Lowestoft Memorial; the above described forwarding box is addressed to his re-married widow, ‘Mrs. Isabel F. H. Higson, 14 Church Terrace, Wisbech, Cambs.’
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