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Auction: 15001 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 4

The C.B., Second War O.B.E. Group of Seven to Chaplain of the Fleet The Rt. Rev. J. Armstrong, Royal Navy, Honorary Chaplain to H.M. The Queen and Later Lord Bishop of Bermuda
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 riband, in Collingwood, London, case of issue
b) The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 2nd type, Military Division, Officer's (O.B.E.) breast Badge, silver-gilt
c) 1939-1945 Star
d) Atlantic Star, with France and Germany Bar
e) Defence and War Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaf
f) Coronation 1953, good very fine, together with the following related items:
- Honorary Chaplain to the Queen's Badge, E.II.R., gilt and enamel
- The recipient's miniature width riband bar
- Bestowal Document for the Coronation Medal
- Letter to the recipient appointing him Honorary Chaplain to the Queen, dated 15.6.1958
- Letter to the recipient appointing him Chaplain of the Fleet, dated 15.3.1960
- Central Chancery enclosure for the C.B. (lot)

C.B. London Gazette 1.1.1962 The Venerable Archdeacon John Armstrong, O.B.E., Q.H.C., Chaplain of the Fleet

O.B.E. London Gazette 1.1.1942 The Reverend John Armstrong, Chaplain, Royal Navy

M.I.D. London Gazette 28.6.1940 The Reverend John Armstrong, Chaplain, Royal Navy, H.M.S. Punjabi
'For daring, resource, and devotion to duty in the second Battle of Narvik.'

The Rt. Rev. John Armstrong, C.B., O.B.E., born 4.10.1905, and educated at Durham School and the Australian College of Theology, Sydney, NSW; ordained Priest, 1932; Commissioned Chaplain, Royal Navy, 28.8.1935; appointed Chaplain, H.M.S. Somali, 19.10.1939; served during the Second World War, and present in H.M.S. Punjabi at the Second Battle of Navrik, 13.4.1940, where the Punjabi was fired upon by the German destroyers prior to the comprehensive British victory (Mentioned in Despatches); subsequently served with HQSS Group; appointed Honorary Chaplain to H.M. the Queen, 15.6.1958; promoted Chaplain of the Fleet, 15.3.1960; consecrated Lord Bishop of Bermuda, 1963; retired, 1970; died, 30.12.1992.

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