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Auction: 15001 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 635

Family Group:
Three: Ships Cook and Baker P. Kitchen, Merchant Navy
1939-1945 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal, nearly extremely fine

Four: Sergeant J.C.J. Kitchen, Royal Air Force
1939-1945 Star; Africa Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal, nearly extremely fine, together with the recipient's Royal Air Force Service and Release Book, Statement on Discharge Certificate; transfer to HQ Bomber Command letter; and portrait photograph (7)

Ships Cook and Baker Peter Kitchen, born Stockport, Cheshire, 1882; served during the Second World War in the Merchant Navy as a Ships Cook and Baker in the S.S. Bassa; killed in action when the vessel was sunk with the loss of all hands after being torpedoed by U32 in the north Atlantic southwest of Rockall, en-route from Liverpool to New York, 29.9.1940, and is commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial.

512463 Sergeant John Cyril James Kitchen, born 29.2.1912, the son of Peter Kitchen; enlisted in the Royal Air Force, 25.8.1931, and trained as a Wireless Operator at the Electrical and Wireless School, Cranwell; served during the Second World War in West Africa, Holland, France, Germany, and Belgium, with the Rear Mobile Signals Unit, No.84 Group, British Air Forces of Occupation; transferred as a Radio Operator to HQ Bomber Command, 1.1.1962.

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