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Auction: 23113 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 622

Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (KX.75797 W J. Rimen, S.P.O., H.M.S. Indomitable), good very fine

Walter John Rimen was born at Wimborne, Dorset on 21 March 1906 and entered the Royal Navy as a Stoker 2nd Class in February 1926.

By the outbreak of hostilities in September 1939, he was serving as a Stoker Petty Officer in the cruiser H.M.S. Aurora, but he removed to the aircraft carrier Indomitable in May 1940 and remained similarly employed until at least May 1942, being awarded his L.S. & G.C. Medal in March 1941. During the period in question, Indomitable was actively employed in Far Eastern waters.

Rimen was finally released 'Class A' as a Chief Petty Officer Stoker Mechanic in May 1948, having, in the interim, been awarded the Naval General Service Medal for 'Palestine 1945-48'.


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