Medals for Services at Sea from the Collection of the Late Oliver Stirling Lee

Pair: Lieutenant-Commander (S.D.) J. Gallagher, Royal Navy

General Service 1962, 1 clasp, Malay Peninsula (050274 Ldg. Wtr., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (Sub. Lt., R.N.), very fine or better (2) £250-300

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals for Services at Sea from the Collection of the Late Oliver Stirling Lee.

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James Gallagher, who joined the Royal Navy as a Writer rating in 1960, was commissioned as a Sub. Lieutenant (S.D. - Special Duties) in January 1973. Having gained advancement to Lieutenant-Commander (S.D.) in April 1984, he joined the Leander-class frigate Apollo in the same year, but died as a result of an accident while similarly employed on 13 February 1986.