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Auction: 14003 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 312

Six: Sick Berth Chief Petty Officer K.B. Buckley, Royal Navy, Who Served in H.M.S. London During the Yangtze Incident, April 1949
1939-1945 Star; Africa Star; Burma Star; War Medal; Naval General Service 1915-62, G.VI.R., one clasp, Yangtze 1949 (C/MX 62566 K,B. Buckley. S.B.P.O. R.N.); Naval Long Service & G.C., E.II.R. (MX 62566. K.B. Buckley. S.B.P.O. H.M.S. Ben Lomond.), middle initial and first letter of surname officially corrected on last, very fine and better, with the following related items:
- The recipient's parchment Certificate of Service
- The recipient's Sick Berth Ratings' History Sheet
- Various photographs of the recipient and of H.M.S. London (6)

C/MX 62566 Sick Berth Chief Petty Officer Kenneth Bernard Buckley, born Grimsby, Lincolnshire, 16.3.1919; enlisted in the Royal Navy as a Sick Berth Attendant, 13.11.1939, serving in H.M.S. Pembroke; served during the Second War in H.M.S. Royal Arthur; promoted Sick Berth Petty Officer, 31.7.1946; transferred to the cruiser H.M.S. London, 30.8.1948, and present during the Yangtze Incident, when London, together with the frigate H.M.S. Black Swan, proceeded up the river in order to assist H.M.S. Amethyst, 20-21.4.1949: the fire from the Communist-held shore was so severe that the two ships had to return, and London suffered 15 killed and 17 wounded; awarded Long Service & Good Conduct Medal, 28.11.1954; promoted Sick Berth Chief Petty Officer, 28.1.1961; retired, 12.11.1961.

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