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Auction: 11007 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 3

Family Group: A 1951 Military Division C.B., Second War 1945 ´Far East´ D.S.O., ´Operation Iceberg´ Group of Eleven to Rear-Admiral P.V. McLaughlin, Royal Navy, Naval Aide-de-Camp to King George VI a) The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Military Division, Companion´s (C.B.) neck Badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with full and miniature width neck ribands, in Garrard, London, case of issue b) Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R., reverse of suspension bar officially dated ´1946´, with integral top riband bar c) British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. H.G.B. [sic] McLaughlin.) d) 1939-1945 Star e) Atlantic Star, with copy France and Germany Bar f) Pacific Star g) Italy Star h) Defence and War Medals, M.I.D. Oakleaf i) Coronation 1937, good very fine or better, mounted as worn, together with the following related documents &c.: - Commission appointing Patrick Vivian McLaughlin Esquire, D.S.O., a Rear-Admiral in His Majesty´s Fleet, dated 11.6.1951 - Bestowal Document for the Order of the Bath, named to Rear-Admiral Patrick Vivian McLaughlin, D.S.O., and dated 1.1.1951 - Bestowal Document for the Distinguished Service Order, named to Captain P.V. McLaughlin, Royal Navy, and dated 11.6.1946 - Certificate of award for the Coronation Medal, named to Commander Patrick Vivian McLaughlin, R.N., with forwarding letter from the Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Station - Letter appointing Mr. Patrick V. McLaughlin a Midshipman, R.N., of H.M.S. Colossus, dated 26.9.1917 - The recipient´s First Class Certificate for the Rank of Lieutenant, dated 15.12.1922 - The recipient´s Certificate of Qualification in Gunnery at the rank of Lieutenant, dated 10.5.1926 - Letter to the recipient informing him of his appointment as a Naval Aide-de-Camp to the King, dated 19.1.1949 - Photograph of the recipient in uniform receiving the arms of H.M.S. Swiftsure The Great War Memorial Plaque and Scroll to Second Lieutenant H.G.B. McLaughlin, Seaforth Highlanders Great War Bronze Memorial Plaque (Hubert Guy Bromilow McLaughlin); Great War Memorial Scroll ´2nd Lt. Hubert Guy Bromilow McLaughlin 3rd attd. 7th Bn. Seaforth Highlanders´, together with Buckingham Palace enclosure (lot) Estimate £ 1,800-2,200 C.B. London Gazette 1.1.1951 Rear-Admiral Patrick Vivian McLaughlin, D.S.O. D.S.O. London Gazette 11.6.1946 Captain Patrick Vivian McLaughlin, Royal Navy ´For distinguished service during the War in the Far East.´ M.I.D. London Gazette 23.1.1941 Captain Patrick Vivian McLaughlin, Royal Navy, H.M.S. Cairo ´For courage and endurance in action against enemy aircraft in Norwegian Waters.´ Rear-Admiral Patrick Vivian McLaughlin, C.B., D.S.O., born Gloucestershire, 7.4.1901, and educated at Royal Naval College Osborne and Dartmouth; appointed Midshipman, 26.9.1917, and served during the Great War in H.M.S. Colossus; following the Armistice was invited by Admiral of the Fleet the Lord Jellicoe to serve on his Flagship on a World Empire Cruise; Commissioned Sub-Lieutenant, H.M.S. Dragon, 1921; Lieutenant, H.M.S. Dublin, 1923; Lieutenant-Commander, 1930; Commander, 1935; served as Fleet Gunner Officer on the Commander-in-Chief´s Staff, Mediterranean Station, 1937-39; served during the Second World War in command of H.M.S. Mashona, 1939 (North Sea Operations); Captain, 31.12.1939; appointed to the command of H.M.S. Cairo, 1940 (Norwegian Campaign, Mentioned in Despatches); served as Deputy Director of Naval Ordnance, Admiralty, 1941-43; Appointed to the Command of H.M.S. Spartan, August 1943; sailed with her to Malta, and took part in Operation ´Shingle´ , the Anzio Landing, in January 1944- H.M.S. Spartan was sunk after being attacked by a bomb from a glider aircraft which detonated in her magazine, 29.1.1944, with the loss of 5 officers and 41 ratings killed, and 42 ratings wounded; Appointed to the command of H.M.S. Swiftsure, 1945, as part of the British Pacific Fleet, and took part in Operation ´Iceberg´, the invasion of Okinawa; Captain, H.M.S. Excellent, 1947-49; appointed Naval Aide-de-Camp to H.M. the King, 8.1.1949; Rear-Admiral, 8.7.1949; Senior Naval Member and Vice President (Naval), Ordnance Board, February 1950; President, Ordnance Board, February 1952. Rear-Admiral McLaughlin retired in 1953, and died at home in Sandwich, Kent, 8.6.1969. Second Lieutenant Hubert Guy Bromilow McLaughlin, the brother of Rear-Admiral P.V. McLaughlin, served during the Great War with the 3rd Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders; died of wounds, 12.10.1916, whilst attached to the 7th Battalion, and is buried in Warlencourt British Cemetery, France. It is understood from a member of the recipient´s family that Rear-Admiral McLaughlin´s Great War medals were lost on the occasion of H.M.S. Spartan sinking in Anzio Bay, and in their place he wore the medals awarded to his late brother, who had been killed during the Great War.

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