Three: Acting Sub-Lieutenent R. C. A. Barnes, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, killed in action in the ill-fated Commando raid on Dieppe in August 1942

1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, War Medal, with named Admiralty condolence slip (Temporary Acting Sub-Lieutenant Raymond Charles Arthur Barnes, R.N.V.R.) and in card box of issue addressed to his father, extremely fine (3) £400-500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Fine Collection of Medals to Officers Who Died During The Two World Wars.

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Raymond Charles Arthur Barnes was the son of Charles Frederick and Ellen Matilda Barnes, of Banstead, Surrey. He was serving on H.M.S. Tormentor, the shore establishment at Warsash that was Combined Operation Command’s principal landing craft training base, and was killed in action on 19 August 1942 whilst in charge of a motor launch or landing craft in the raid on Dieppe. He is commemorated by name on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.