Four: Lieutenant D. F. M. Sexton, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, who was killed in action in Landing Craft L-256 during Operation Infatuate- the assault on Walcheren, 1 November 1944

1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mrs. C. Sexton, 13B Marinefield Road, Fulham, London, SW6’, extremely fine (4) £140-180

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to Second World War Casualties.

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Douglas Frederick Maurice Sexton served during the Second World War as a Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, attached to H.M.S. Copra. He was killed in action during Operation Infatuate, the amphibious landings on the heavily defended Dutch island of Walcheren, as part of the operation to open the port of Antwerp to shipping, when his landing craft, L-256, came under sustained and heavy enemy machine gun and mortar fire.

Sexton is commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial. His medals were sent to his mother Mrs. C. Sexton.