Seven: Petty Officer Stoker Mechanic A. S. L. Aston, Royal Navy

1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, North Africa 1942-43; War Medal 1939-45; Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (D/KX.83666. A. S. L. Aston P.O.S.M. R.N.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 2nd issue (KX.83666 A. S. L. Aston. L. Sto. M. H.M.S. Seagull) minor official correction to surname on last, very fine and better (7) £140-£180

Arthur Selwyn Leslie Aston was born at Caerphilly, Glamorgan, on 30 November 1914, and joined the Royal Navy as a Stoker 2nd Class on 11 December 1933. Advanced Leading Stoker on 2 April 1944, he joined H.M.S. Seagull on 12 April 1947, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 15 January 1949. He was promoted Acting Petty Officer Stoker Mechanic in July 1949, and he transferred to H.M.S. Black Swan in November 1949. Confirmed in his rate on 1 September 1950, he served in Black Swan during the Korean War, prior to being invalided out of the service on 19 June 1953.

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