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Auction: 21003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 396

Four: Lieutenant-Commander F. C. Hayhurst, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted as worn, good very fine (4)

Frederick Cooper Hayhurst was born on 14 July 1917 at Manchester and was a Custom & Excise Officer upon his joining the Royal Navy (JX 18511) on 18 March 1940. He served at the Fleet Air Arm Station Sparrowhawk from 31 April 1940-23 June 1941 and was commissioned Sub-Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Specialising in meteorology, Hayhurst joined Albatross in the South Atlantic from 20 October 1941, also seeing service with Vulture and Goldcrest. Retired in the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 23 December 1958, he died on 9 April 2013; sold together with his original waxed Royal Navy Certificate of Service, letters and a quantity of 'flimsies' with favourable reports, RNVR Club Membership Card, Naval Pay and Identity Book, a number of photographs and a pair of epaulettes besides buttons.

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Sold for
£80

Starting price
£60