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Groups and Single Decorations for Gallantry, The outstanding, and very rare, Triple DSC group of 9
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Groups and Single Decorations for Gallantry, The outstanding, and very rare, Triple DSC group of 9 for U-Boat Hunting and the destruction of three U-Boats whilst on Atlantic Convoy Escort Duty, who also saw service aboard H.M.S. Cossack during the hunt and sinking of the German Battleship Bismarck, awarded to: Captain Reginald Fife Whinney, RN, comprising: DSC, GRI, officially dated 1944 with two bars, both officially dated 1944, hallmarks for London 1943; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star with France and Germany clasp; Italy Star; 1939-45 Defence Medal; 1939-45 War Medal; all unnamed as issued; Naval General Service Medal 1915-62, two clasps, Cyprus, Near East (Capt. R.F. Whinney. D.S.C. R.N.); Coronation Medal 1937; Coronation Medal 1953, both unnamed as issued, lightly toned, court mounted (9) Distinguished Service Cross, London Gazette 11th February 1944. For great courage, resolution and skill while serving in H.M. Ships Wanderer and Wallflower on convoy escort duty. Lieutenant Commander Reginald Fife Whinney, Royal Navy (Maiden Newton). This Officer was in Command of H.M.S. Wanderer when on the 25th August, 1943 she detected, hunted and destroyed U.523. He conducted the hunt and handled the ship with skill and efficiency, and was mainly responsible for the satisfactory result achieved. Bar to the Distinguished Service Cross, London Gazette 20 June 1944. For outstanding leadership, skill and devotion to duty in H.M. Ships Starling, Wild Goose and Wanderer on convoy escort duty in the North Atlantic. Lieutenant Commander Reginald Fife Whinney, DSC, Royal Navy (Maiden Newton). Honours and Awards H.M.S. Wanderer. For good judgement and perseverance in carrying out a prolonged and difficult hunt under adverse conditions. The determination and skill shown by Lieutenant Commander Whinney resulted in the probable destruction of a U-Boat. Of two other escort vessels present one was uncertain of the U-Boat’s presence, the other definitely considered that no U-Boat was present. The hunt lasted 7 hours. Second Bar to the Distinguished Service Cross, London Gazette 10th October 1944. For bravery, skill and devout ion to duty in H.M. Ships Affleck, Balfour, Eskimo, Wanderer and Tavy and H.M. Canadian Ships Haida and Huron in anti-U-Boat operations. Lieutenant Commander Reginald Fife Whinney, DSC, Royal Navy (Maiden Newton), H.M. S Wanderer. H.M. Ships Tavy and Wanderer destroyed the U.390 on the 5th July 1944 by skilled attacks. Captain Reginald Fife "Bob" Whinney specialised in anti-submarine warfare. Whilst in command of the W-class destroyer HMS Wanderer he helped to destroy three U-Boats. After the war he was promoted to Captain and would go on to become Chief Staff Officer Intelligence of the Mediterranean and Middle East during the Suez Crisis. He was involved the Invergordon Mutiny in 1931 whilst stationed on HMS Rodney and was nearly discharged from the navy. However, after six months of service on the gunnery training ship HMS Iron Duke his record was cleared and he gained a transfer to the Heavy Cruiser HMS Suffolk and was posted to the China Station. Whinney then became the First Lieutenant of the destroyer HMS Wolsey which was brought out of the Reserve fleet at Malta during the Abyssinia Crisis, orders to return to England followed to start a course on anti-submarine warfare but he was asked by Naval Intelligence to travel through Italy in order to memorise Italian Naval vessels in their ports. On being appointed as Assistant Anti-Submarine Officer to the 5th Destroyer Flotilla to be stationed aboard HMS Echo; when the Spanish Civil war broke out in July 1936 Echo would lead three other destroyers from the 5th Destroyer Flotilla in patrolling the north coast of Spain. Whinney was numbered among those who lined the route for the Coronation of King George VI, receiving the medal, and was again so honoured during the Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. In 1941 as the Asdic Officer aboard HMS Cossack, Whinney took part in the hunt for the Bismarck being present at the final battle between Bismarck, HMS Rodney and HMS King George V. He was troubled by the sight of the Bismarck’s crew in the water after she sank and the fact that Cossack was ordered to return to the convoy she had been protecting thereby leaving those in the water to their fate. Whinney assumed command of the destroyer HMS Wanderer in April 1943 while it was being converted to a Long Range Escort vessel, he would serve on the Western Approaches Command, initially based at Greenock and then Londonderry. His first operational role was to escort troop ships for the invasion of Sicily. On 25 August 1943 during a convoy bound for Gibraltar, Wanderer attacked and sank U-523 some 400 miles off Cape Finistere with depth charges, whilst co-operating with the British HMS Wallflower (U-523 suffered 17 dead with 37 survivors). On 17 Jan 1944 Wanderer, in concert with the frigate HMS Glenarm, sank a U-boat (identified as U-305 but possibly U-377) in the North Atlantic, he was awarded the DSC in February 1944, and on 20 June 1944 he was awarded his first Bar. On 5 July 1944 while supporting the D Day Landings, HMS Wanderer and the British frigate HMS Tavy sank U-390 in the Baie de la Seine, English Channel, with depth charges; all but one of the U-Boats crew were killed. Whinney received the second Bar to his DSC for this action in October 1944. In 1986 Captain Whinney published his memoirs of his service years in a book entitled The U-boat Peril: an anti-submarine commanders War, a copy of this book together with several pages of copied research accompanies the group.
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Groups and Single Decorations for Gallantry, The outstanding, and very rare, Triple DSC group of 9 for U-Boat Hunting and the destruction of three U-Boats whilst on Atlantic Convoy Escort Duty, who also saw service aboard H.M.S. Cossack during the hunt and sinking of the German Battleship Bismarck, awarded to: Captain Reginald Fife Whinney, RN, comprising: DSC, GRI, officially dated 1944 with two bars, both officially dated 1944, hallmarks for London 1943; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star with France and Germany clasp; Italy Star; 1939-45 Defence Medal; 1939-45 War Medal; all unnamed as issued; Naval General Service Medal 1915-62, two clasps, Cyprus, Near East (Capt. R.F. Whinney. D.S.C. R.N.); Coronation Medal 1937; Coronation Medal 1953, both unnamed as issued, lightly toned, court mounted (9) Distinguished Service Cross, London Gazette 11th February 1944. For great courage, resolution and skill while serving in H.M. Ships Wanderer and Wallflower on convoy escort duty. Lieutenant Commander Reginald Fife Whinney, Royal Navy (Maiden Newton). This Officer was in Command of H.M.S. Wanderer when on the 25th August, 1943 she detected, hunted and destroyed U.523. He conducted the hunt and handled the ship with skill and efficiency, and was mainly responsible for the satisfactory result achieved. Bar to the Distinguished Service Cross, London Gazette 20 June 1944. For outstanding leadership, skill and devotion to duty in H.M. Ships Starling, Wild Goose and Wanderer on convoy escort duty in the North Atlantic. Lieutenant Commander Reginald Fife Whinney, DSC, Royal Navy (Maiden Newton). Honours and Awards H.M.S. Wanderer. For good judgement and perseverance in carrying out a prolonged and difficult hunt under adverse conditions. The determination and skill shown by Lieutenant Commander Whinney resulted in the probable destruction of a U-Boat. Of two other escort vessels present one was uncertain of the U-Boat’s presence, the other definitely considered that no U-Boat was present. The hunt lasted 7 hours. Second Bar to the Distinguished Service Cross, London Gazette 10th October 1944. For bravery, skill and devout ion to duty in H.M. Ships Affleck, Balfour, Eskimo, Wanderer and Tavy and H.M. Canadian Ships Haida and Huron in anti-U-Boat operations. Lieutenant Commander Reginald Fife Whinney, DSC, Royal Navy (Maiden Newton), H.M. S Wanderer. H.M. Ships Tavy and Wanderer destroyed the U.390 on the 5th July 1944 by skilled attacks. Captain Reginald Fife "Bob" Whinney specialised in anti-submarine warfare. Whilst in command of the W-class destroyer HMS Wanderer he helped to destroy three U-Boats. After the war he was promoted to Captain and would go on to become Chief Staff Officer Intelligence of the Mediterranean and Middle East during the Suez Crisis. He was involved the Invergordon Mutiny in 1931 whilst stationed on HMS Rodney and was nearly discharged from the navy. However, after six months of service on the gunnery training ship HMS Iron Duke his record was cleared and he gained a transfer to the Heavy Cruiser HMS Suffolk and was posted to the China Station. Whinney then became the First Lieutenant of the destroyer HMS Wolsey which was brought out of the Reserve fleet at Malta during the Abyssinia Crisis, orders to return to England followed to start a course on anti-submarine warfare but he was asked by Naval Intelligence to travel through Italy in order to memorise Italian Naval vessels in their ports. On being appointed as Assistant Anti-Submarine Officer to the 5th Destroyer Flotilla to be stationed aboard HMS Echo; when the Spanish Civil war broke out in July 1936 Echo would lead three other destroyers from the 5th Destroyer Flotilla in patrolling the north coast of Spain. Whinney was numbered among those who lined the route for the Coronation of King George VI, receiving the medal, and was again so honoured during the Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. In 1941 as the Asdic Officer aboard HMS Cossack, Whinney took part in the hunt for the Bismarck being present at the final battle between Bismarck, HMS Rodney and HMS King George V. He was troubled by the sight of the Bismarck’s crew in the water after she sank and the fact that Cossack was ordered to return to the convoy she had been protecting thereby leaving those in the water to their fate. Whinney assumed command of the destroyer HMS Wanderer in April 1943 while it was being converted to a Long Range Escort vessel, he would serve on the Western Approaches Command, initially based at Greenock and then Londonderry. His first operational role was to escort troop ships for the invasion of Sicily. On 25 August 1943 during a convoy bound for Gibraltar, Wanderer attacked and sank U-523 some 400 miles off Cape Finistere with depth charges, whilst co-operating with the British HMS Wallflower (U-523 suffered 17 dead with 37 survivors). On 17 Jan 1944 Wanderer, in concert with the frigate HMS Glenarm, sank a U-boat (identified as U-305 but possibly U-377) in the North Atlantic, he was awarded the DSC in February 1944, and on 20 June 1944 he was awarded his first Bar. On 5 July 1944 while supporting the D Day Landings, HMS Wanderer and the British frigate HMS Tavy sank U-390 in the Baie de la Seine, English Channel, with depth charges; all but one of the U-Boats crew were killed. Whinney received the second Bar to his DSC for this action in October 1944. In 1986 Captain Whinney published his memoirs of his service years in a book entitled The U-boat Peril: an anti-submarine commanders War, a copy of this book together with several pages of copied research accompanies the group.
Baldwin's of St James's Auction 3 - Military Medals
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Single Campaign Medals Lots 1-22
Campaign Groups and Pairs Lots 23-51
Groups and Single Decorations for Gallantry Lots 52-59
Single Orders and Decorations Lots 60- 69
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