Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Second War D.S.M. awarded to Skipper T. E. Dupen, Royal Naval Reserve

Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (JX.196055 T. E. Dupen. 2-Hd. R.N.) officially re-impressed naming, polished, good very fine £300-£400

D.S.M. London Gazette 1 January 1941:
‘For outstanding zeal, patience, and cheerfulness, and for never failing to set an example of wholehearted devotion to duty, without which the high tradition of the Royal Navy could not have been upheld.’

Thomas Edward Dupen served during the Great War in both the Royal Navy and latterly as a Skipper in the Royal Naval Reserve: amongst the ships he served in were H.M.S. St. Tudno, from 8 December 1942 to 1 December 1943; H.M.S. Europa, from 10 April to 13 July 1945; and H.M.S. Beaver, from 14 to 31 July 1945.