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Auction: 13002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 29

(x) A Good Second War 1941 Submariner's D.S.M. Group of Six to Chief Engine Room Artificer C.H. Toms, H.M.S. Urge, Royal Navy, Killed in Action When the Urge was Sunk By An Italian Aircraft, With the Loss of All Hands, Off Ras Hilal, 29.4.1942
a) Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (D/M. 35358. C.H. Toms. C.E.R.A. H.M.S. Urge.)
b) 1939-1945 Star
c) Atlantic Star
d) Africa Star
e) War Medal
f) Naval Long Service & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd 'coinage head' type (M.35358. C.H. Toms. A/C.E.R.A.2. H.M.S. Severn.), light contact marks, very fine (6)

D.S.M. London Gazette 16.12.1941 Chief Engine Room Artificer Charles Herbert Toms, D/M.35358, H.M.S. Urge
'For courage, skill and resolution in successful Submarine patrols.'

D/M.35358 Chief Engine Room Artificer Charles Herbert Toms, D.S.M., of Gosport, Hampshire; served during the Second World War in H.M. Submarine Urge, 1st Submarine Flotilla (based in Malta) in the Mediterranean, during which time she torpedoed and damaged the Italian battleship Vittorio Veneto, 13.12.1941, during the operations around the First Battle of Sirte, and sank the Italian light cruiser Giovanni delle Bande Nere, on 1.4.1942; Toms was killed in action when the Urge, whilst engaging the Italian sailing vessel San Giusto in the Mediterranean off Ras Hilal, was attacked by an escorting Italian bi-plane and was sunk with the loss of all hands, 29.4.1942. Toms is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial.

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