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Auction: 7012 - Orders, Decorations, Medals & Militaria
Lot: 559

The Second World War D.S.C. and ´Immediate´ 1944 Scheldt Estuary Bar Group of Seven to Rear-Admiral G.C. Crowley, Royal Navy a) Distinguished Service Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ´1943´ (Hallmarks for London 1942), reverse engraved in sans serif capitals ´Lieut. G.C. Crowley, R.N.´, with Second Award Bar, reverse officially dated ´1945´ b) 1939-1945 Star c) Atlantic Star, with France and Germany Bar d) Africa Star e) Burma Star, with Pacific Bar f) War Medal, M.I.D. Oakleaf g) United Nations Korea Medal, slightly worn, therefore very fine, mounted court style as originally worn, with riband bar (7) Estimate £ 1,800-2,200 C.B. London Gazette 8.6.1968 (Rear Admiral) D.S.C. London Gazette 1.1.1943 Lieutenant George Clement Crowley, Royal Navy D.S.C. Second Award Bar London Gazette 10.4.1945 Acting Lieutenant-Commander George Clement Crowley, D.S.C., Royal Navy, ´For gallantry, skill and leadership in an engagement with enemy E-Boats whilst serving with H.M. Ships Walpole, Curzon and Torrington, and the Light Coastal Forces.´ The original Recommendation, dated 1.1.1945, states, ´ H.M.S. Walpole has had several encounters with E Boats during the last five months and in every case Lieutenant-Commander Crowley has handled and fought his ship with marked ability. The engagement on the night of 22nd/23rd December 1944 was a fitting climax to the series: on this occasion the Walpole was so placed that two separate groups of E Boats came into her patrol zone, both groups were very roughly treated and it was due largely to Crowley´s sound appreciations, as well as to his skilful and determined handling that one E Boat was destroyed, another almost certainly destroyed and several damaged.´ M.I.D. London Gazette 11.6.1946 Lieutenant-Commander George Clement Crowley, D.S.C., Royal Navy, H.M.S. Tenacious. ´For distinguished services during the war in the Far East.´ Rear-Admiral George Clement Crowley, C.B., D.S.C., born 1916; educated at Pangbourne College; joined as Cadet Royal Navy, 1933; served in China and New Zealand, 1934-39; during the Second World War Crowley served in H.M.S. Nestor (Destroyer) on escort duty for Malta Convoys, 1942; in May of the latter year she suffered extensive damage from Italian bombers and was forced to be scuttled off Alexandria; Officer Commanding H.M.S. Walpole, 1943-45 (see Recommendation); Officer Commanding H.M.S. Tenacious in the Far East, 1945-46; after the War served as the Executive Officer H.M.S. Newfoundland, 1953-55; Drafting Commander at Chatham, 1955-57; Captain 1957; Assistant Director of Plans, 1957-59; served with the 7th Destroyer Squadron, 1959-61; Officer Commanding H.M.S. Raleigh (Training Establishment), 1963-63; Captain of the Fleet to Flag Officer Commander-in-Chief Far East Fleet, 1963-64; on the Staff of Joint Exercise Unison 1964-65; on the Staff of Defence Operational Analysis Establishment (Byfleet), 1965-66; Rear-Admiral, Director-General of Naval Personal Services, 1966-68; retired Rear-Admiral 1968; Fellow and Domestic Bursar of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, 1969-75.

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