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Auction: 14002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 378

The Fine 1949 'Yangtze Incident' N.G.S. to Able Seaman E. Saunders, H.M.S. Amethyst, Who Took Part in the Daring Escape to Rejoin the Fleet
Naval General Service 1915-62, G.VI.R., one clasp, Yangtze 1949 (D/SSX.815328 E. Saunders. A.B. R.N.), good very fine

D/SSX.815328 Able Seaman Eric Noble Saunders, born Liverpool, 23.2.1928; enlisted in the Royal Navy as Ordinary Seaman, serving in H.M.S. Raleigh, 21.8.1946; promoted Able Seaman, 11.1.1848; transferred to H.M.S. Amethyst, 8.7.1948, and served in her during the "Yangtze Incident", 20.4- 31.7.1949, as part of the damage-control party, responsible for filling in various shell holes along Amethyst's waterline; present throughout the famous dash down the Yangtze River on the night of the 30th-31st July ("Have rejoined the Fleet, no damage or casualties, God Save the King"); later took part in the celebrations when the ship returned home, and sat on Table 2 at the Celebratory Dinner at the Dorchester Hotel, 16.11.1949; discharged, 14.12.1953.

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