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Auction: 20001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 587

General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (OM(MW)2 M K Carroll D242416U RN), mounted as worn, good very fine

Michael Kristopher Carroll was born in October 1980 at Manchester and volunteered for service on 11 May 1998, whilst a sales assistant living in Benfleet, Essex. Carroll served aboard H.M.S. Cottesmore during Operation Banner, a ship which lent assistance following the tragic deaths of Corporal Gaulder and Sapper Naivalurua who were overcome by fumes during the search of a coal ship on Lough Foyle in April 2000. In a letter to Cottesmore's Captain, Lieutenant-General Pike continues:

'The teamwork displayed was first class, and the manner in which your young Able Seamen overcame their shock and set to with a will, in the best traditions of the Service. I know, too, that certain individuals acted with particularly striking calmness and resourcefulness.'

Sold together with copied Certificate of Service, cloth rank badge and research.

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Sold for
£110

Starting price
£40