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Auction: 8016 - Orders, Decorations, Medals & Militaria
Lot: 6

A Second World War ´1940, Little Ships, Dunkirk´ D.S.M. Pair to Able Seaman E. Fenton, Royal Navy a) Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (JX.145044 E. Fenton. A.B. H.M.Y. Bounty.) b) Imperial Service Medal, E.II.R. (Ernest Fenton), good very fine, last in case of issue (2) Estimate £ 1,600-1,800 D.S.M. London Gazette 16.8.1940 Able Seaman Ernest Fenton, P/JX.145044, H.M.Y. Bounty ´´For good services in the withdrawal of the Allied Armies from the beaches Dunkirk.´´ The joint Recommendation with Signalman H.G. Hayes and Ordinary Seaman W.A. Denny states: ´´Besides their work in Bounty, from p.m. 31st May when the La Panne beach and piers were being heavily shelled, volunteers were called for to take in a whaler to bring off a final contingent of soldiers. These three young men came forward and returned to the beach again and again. They were all invariably to be found where work was difficult and dangerous.´´ JX.145044 Able Seaman Ernest Fenton, D.S.M., served in the Motor Yacht Bounty during the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from the beaches of Dunkirk in May 1940. The small yacht, owned and commanded by Lieutenant C.A. Lundy, R.N.V.R., carried approximately 1100 personnel from the beaches to the larger ships from 9pm-12pm, 31st May. At one point the small yacht was used as the Flag Ship of Commodore Stevenson, and transported Lord Gort (the Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force) from the minesweeper Hebe to the destroyer H.M.S. Keith. On one of her runs, whilst carrying 150 troops, her propeller fouled and she had to be towed all the way back to Ramsgate by H.M.S. Seriola.

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