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Auction: 23001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 170

Four: Ordinary Seaman G. R. Eagles, Royal Navy

1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, clasp, France and Germany; Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45, very fine (4)

George Redvers Eagles was born at Burslem, Staffordshire on 6 November 1924, the son of Florence Eagles of 26 Ellgrave Street, Burslem. Enlisting with the Royal Navy on 21 January 1943 as an Ordinary Seaman at H.M.S. Collingwood he was soon posted to the River-class Frigate Deveron on 22 July of that year. She spent the bulk of the war patrolling in the North Sea and Atlantic, as well participating on convoy duties between July 1943-July 1944. Posted to the Far East on 9 May 1945 she escorted two convoys in that theatre, after which Eagles was posted ashore to H.M.S. Lanka. Sent to Sussex on 21 September 1945, just after the recapture of Singapore, he remained with her until 9 May 1945 and continued to serve until 22 July 1946, when he was released into the Reserve. Eagles died on 7 May 2015 and is buried at Hatshill Cemetery. Sold together with an impressive archive of original material comprising:

(i)
Service papers.

(ii)
A number of annotated photographs.

(iii)
Newspaper cuttings relating to V.E. Day.

(iv)
A riband bar.

(v)
A bag initialled 'G.R.E.', together with copied research comprising a C.D., obituary notice, census data and typed service record.

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Estimate
£120 to £160

Starting price
£80