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Auction: 22001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 295

Seven: Stoker 1st Class H. Llewellyn, Royal Fleet Reserve, late Royal Navy, a veteran of the Atlantic and Arctic runs

1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (K. 60505 (Ch. B. 23446) H. Llewellyn, Sto. 1, R.F.R), good very fine (7)

Harry Llewellyn was born at Gravesend, Kent on 17 March 1904 and entered the Royal Navy as a Stoker 2nd Class in January 1923. Having then gained advancement to Stoker 1st Class, he came ashore in January 1935, when he enrolled in the Royal Fleet Reserve.

Mobilised in July 1939, he joined the cruiser H.M.S. Emerald and remained likewise employed until March 1940. A component of the 12th Cruiser Squadron, and commanded by Captain Augustus Agar, V.C., D.S.O., Emerald was much engaged on the Atlantic run in the same period.

In September 1941, Llewellyn joined another cruiser, the Kent, in which capacity he undoubtedly participated in a spate of Arctic convoys. In December of the same year, Kent also conveyed the Foreign Secretary, Antony Eden, to Murmansk, in readiness for a conference with Stalin.

Llewellyn was released 'Class A' in November 1945, his final posting having been at the Combined Operations base Shrapnel at Southampton.

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£120

Starting price
£50