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Auction: 11007 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 13

The Second War 1940 ´Norwegian Coast´ D.S.O. Group of Eight to Captain H.S.M. Harrison-Wallace, Royal Navy, Mentioned in Despatches for the Command of H.M.S. Caledon in Action Off The Latvian Coast During the Allied Intervention in North Russia, 1919 a) Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R., silver-gilt and enamel, reverse of suspension bar officially dated ´1940´, with integral top riband bar b) 1914-15 Star (Lt. Commr. H.S.M. Harrison-Wallace, R.N.) c) British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oakleaves (Commr. H.S.M. Harrison-Wallace. R.N.) d) 1939-1945 Star e) Atlantic Star, with France and Germany Bar f) Defence and War Medals, M.I.D. Oakleaf, nearly extremely fine, together with the recipient´s related miniature awards, the 1914-15 Star a 1914 Star, and additionally including a France and Germany Star, and Great War riband bar, both groups housed in Spink and Son, London fitted cases (8) Estimate £ 2,000-2,500 D.S.O. London Gazette 25.6.1940 Captain Henry Stewart Macnaughton Harrison-Wallace, Royal Navy (Retired) ´For courage and resource in operations on the Norwegian Coast.´ M.I.D. London Gazette 9.4.1920 Commander Henry S.M. Harrison-Wallace, R.N., "Caledon" Captain Henry Stewart Macnaughton Harrison-Wallace, D.S.O., born Jamaica, July 1883; educated at H.M.S. Britannia, Dartmouth, and Royal Naval College, Greenwich; Appointed Midshipman, July 1899; Commissioned Sub-Lieutenant, 15.7.1902; Lieutenant, 31.12.1904; Lieutenant-Commander, 31.12.1912; served in H.M.S. Emperor of India from 26.3.1914; Commander, 31.12.1916; served in the Light Cruiser H.M.S. Caledon from September 1917; Appointed to the Naval Intelligence Division, 10.7.1919; served as Commander of the Caledon during the Allied Intervention in North Russia, under the command of Rear Admiral Walter Cowan, and engaged the Bolsheviks off the Latvian coast at Windau, shelling them out of the town (Mentioned in Despatches); placed on Retired List, 1.1.1923; Advanced Captain, 1.7.1928; served during the Second World War in H.M.S. Calliope as Extended Defence Officer, Tyne; served with the Norwegian Expeditionary Force, 1940 (D.S.O.); Captain, H.M.S. Quebec, 1941-42; Headquarters Staff Combined Operations and Admiralty Naval Staff, 1942-44; took part in the Invasion of Normandy as a Captain of Landing Barges, June 1944. Captain Harrison-Wallace reverted once more to the retired list, 1945, and died at home in Jamaica, 24.6.1963.

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