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Auction: 1008 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 67

x Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (A/Temp.C.Mech. V.G.G. Westlake. D/KX.82666), nearly extremely fine Estimate £ 600-700 D.S.M. London Gazette 1.1.1945 Acting Temporary Chief Mechanician Victor Grenville George Westlake, D/KX.82666 (Plymouth). Chief Mechaninian Victor Grenville George Westlake, D.S.M. served in H.M.S. Duke of York (Battleship) during the Second World War; she was involved in the sinking of the Scharnhorst, 26.12.1943, during the Battle of North Cape, and after repairs proceeded the following year to serve as the flagship of the British Pacific Fleet, and was serving in that capacity when Japan surrendered. Westlake was invested with his D.S.M. 27.3.1945.

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£700