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Auction: 21001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals (conducted behind closed doors)
Lot: 387

(x) A Second World War D.S.M. group of four awarded to Chief Petty Officer B. W. Johnson, Royal Navy.

Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st type (C. P. O. Tel. B. W. Johnson. C/Jx. 129594); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45, good very fine (4)

D.S.M. London Gazette 11 December 1945

Benjamin William Johnson served as Chief Petty Officer Telegraphist aboard the Ruler-class Escort Carrier HMS Queen during the Second World War. The Queen was built in America and transferred to the Royal Navy on 7 December 1943. Her first duty was convoy protection through the Atlantic. The ship took on 853 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm and transported their Avenger II and Wildcat aircraft for transport to R.A.F. Hawkinge in Norfolk.

The Queen spent some time protecting Russian convoys in the Arctic during 1945 and later raided German shipping around Norway as part of Operation Judgement. She spent the rest of late and post-war 1945 fulfilling a troop transport role in the Pacific and later between the UK and Sri Lanka; sold together with copied extracts from HMS Queen's service history.

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Sold for
£600

Starting price
£480