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Auction: 13001 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 13

A Great War ´Zeebrugge Raid´ D.S.M. Group of Eight to Chief Petty Officer T.E. Crust, Royal Navy
a) Distinguished Service Medal (J.2018. T.E. Crust. P.O. Zeebrugge-Ostend 22-... April. 1918.)
b) 1914-15 Star J.2018, T.E. Crust, L.S., R.N.)
c) British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaf [sic] (J-2018 T.E. Crust. P.O. R.N.)
d) 1939-1945 Star
e) Atlantic Star
f) War Medal, the Second War awards contemporarily engraved ´J.2018 T.E. Crust. D.S.M. R.N.´
g) Naval Long Service & G.C., G.V.R. 1st ´Admiral´s bust´ type (J.2018 T.E. Crust. P.O. H.M.S. Vulcan.), contact marks overall, generally nearly very fine (8)

D.S.M. London Gazette 23.7.1918 P.O. Thomas Edward Crust, O.N. J.2018 (Ch.) ´in recognition of distinguished services during the operations against Zeebrugge and Ostend on the night of the 22nd-23rd April, 1918´ (Picket Boats, Motor Launches and Motor Boats)

Chief Petty Officer Thomas Edward Crust, D.S.M., born Chatham, Kent, 1892; enlisted Royal Navy as Boy, May 1908; service during the Great War included in H.M.S. Agamemnon (Battleship) and H.M.S. Centaur; he served at H.M.S. Pembroke and volunteered to take part in the Zeebrugge Raid as part of the Picket Boats, Motor Launches and Motor Boats section; (L.S. & G.C. 1926); was still serving at H.M.S. Pembroke when he died, 21.12.1947; Chief Petty Officer Crust is buried in Gillingham (Woodlands) Cemetery, Kent.

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Sale 13001 Notices: Lot 13
M.I.D. Unconfirmed.