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Five: Able Seaman W. T. Peters, Royal Navy 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, 1 clasp, France...
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Five: Able Seaman W. T. Peters, Royal Navy 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; Africa Star, 1 clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted for wear, nearly extremely fine Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18 (John P. Turner) nearly extremely fine (6) £80-£100 --- William Thomas Peters was born in Grimsby on 3 May 1923. A former fish filleter by trade, he volunteered for the Royal Navy on 26 January 1942 and witnessed training at Ganges and Pembroke. Appointed Ordinary Seaman, he served in H.M.S. Ardrossan from 11 May 1942; damaged by a mine on 26 November 1943, she later served as part of Task Force “J” during the Normandy landings and was detailed to clear the sea of mines before Juno beach. Appointed to similar duties in the waters around The Scheldt from September to November 1944, Peters survived the War and was released on 8 July 1946. Sold with the recipient’s original parchment Certificate of Service; Interim Trade Certificate; Order for Release from Naval Service, dated 13 May 1946; R.N.M.W.S. gilt and enamel badge; wage document and H.M.S. Ardrossan Identity Card and Christmas Card for 1943-44. John Pirie Turner was born in Clerkenwell in 1858, and joined the Merchant Navy as a 16-year-old apprentice at Newport on 18 April 1874. Advanced Second Mate on 22 May 1880, First Mate on 15 September 1882, and Master on 10 October 1885, he remained in service during the Great War. The Gloucestershire Echo of 16 January 1926, adds: ‘Sixty-seven years of age, John Pirie Turner, master mariner, of Glasgow, has died at sea whilst on his way home from Lagos in the West African mail steamer Abinsi. Mr Turner had been mate of the tug Rollicker, which was lately delivered at Lagos for the Government after an arduous voyage from Newcastle (New South Wales). It occupied about two and a half months. On New Year’s Day, Mr. Turner with his shipmate set out for home, but at 11 o’clock on last Saturday he died from heart failure. On the following day the old shipmaster was buried at sea.’
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Five: Able Seaman W. T. Peters, Royal Navy 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; Africa Star, 1 clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted for wear, nearly extremely fine Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18 (John P. Turner) nearly extremely fine (6) £80-£100 --- William Thomas Peters was born in Grimsby on 3 May 1923. A former fish filleter by trade, he volunteered for the Royal Navy on 26 January 1942 and witnessed training at Ganges and Pembroke. Appointed Ordinary Seaman, he served in H.M.S. Ardrossan from 11 May 1942; damaged by a mine on 26 November 1943, she later served as part of Task Force “J” during the Normandy landings and was detailed to clear the sea of mines before Juno beach. Appointed to similar duties in the waters around The Scheldt from September to November 1944, Peters survived the War and was released on 8 July 1946. Sold with the recipient’s original parchment Certificate of Service; Interim Trade Certificate; Order for Release from Naval Service, dated 13 May 1946; R.N.M.W.S. gilt and enamel badge; wage document and H.M.S. Ardrossan Identity Card and Christmas Card for 1943-44. John Pirie Turner was born in Clerkenwell in 1858, and joined the Merchant Navy as a 16-year-old apprentice at Newport on 18 April 1874. Advanced Second Mate on 22 May 1880, First Mate on 15 September 1882, and Master on 10 October 1885, he remained in service during the Great War. The Gloucestershire Echo of 16 January 1926, adds: ‘Sixty-seven years of age, John Pirie Turner, master mariner, of Glasgow, has died at sea whilst on his way home from Lagos in the West African mail steamer Abinsi. Mr Turner had been mate of the tug Rollicker, which was lately delivered at Lagos for the Government after an arduous voyage from Newcastle (New South Wales). It occupied about two and a half months. On New Year’s Day, Mr. Turner with his shipmate set out for home, but at 11 o’clock on last Saturday he died from heart failure. On the following day the old shipmaster was buried at sea.’
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