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Auction: 12002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 29

A Second War 1941 ´Convoy Escort´ D.S.M. Group of Six to Warrant Engineer E.T.A. Jolliffe, Royal Navy, Who Was Killed in Action, 23.9.1943, Serving With H.M.S. Itchen, When She Blew-Up After Being Subjected to a Four and Half Day Onslaught By German U-Boats a) Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (M.37673 E.T.A. Jolliffe C.E.R.A. H.M.S. Wishart) b) 1939-1945 Star c) Atlantic Star d) Africa Star e) War Medal f) Naval Long Service & G.C., G.VI.R. (M.37673 E.T.A. Jolliffe C.E.R.A. H.M.S. Wishart.), last partially officially corrected, generally good very fine, with named Admiralty Condolence Slip (6) Estimate £ 1,200-1,600 D.S.M. London Gazette 11.11.1941 Chief Engine Room Artificer Edward Thomas Albert Joliffe, H.M.S. Wishart ´For skill and enterprise in action against enemy submarines. Warrant Engineer Edward Thomas Albert Jolliffe, D.S.M., a native of Cosham, Hampshire, served during the early part of the Second World War in H.M.S Wishart (Destroyer), as part of the Mediterranean Fleet; during a Convoy Escort she sank the Italian submarine Glauco, west of Gibraltar, 27.6.1941; she also assisted in the sinking of the German U-74, off Cartagena, Spain, 2.5.1942; he subsequently transferred to H.M.S. Itchen, and was killed in action, 23.9.1943, when the Itchen along with the corvettes Polyanthus, Morden and the Canadian destroyer Ste. Croix were escorting an Atlantic westbound convoy, ´an intensive attack by German submarines which lasted for four and a half days commenced on the night of the 20th, in the third assault of which the Ste. Croix was struck by a torpedo but did not sink. Later in the night the Germans scored another hit and the destroyer sank. Of those on board five officers and 75 other ratings were picked up by the Itchen... on September 23rd, 1943, when south of Iceland Itchen was torpedoed during an attack by German submarines, and sank with the loss of 14 officers... 134 ratings, together with five officers and 75 ratings of the Ste. Croix´; the Itchen had also been carrying survivors of the Polyanthus which had also been previously sunk; the convoy had been attacked using the new Acoustic Torpedoes specifically designed for use against escort vessels; Jolliffe is commemorated on Plymouth Naval Memorial. Provenance: Spink, April 1994

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