The James Fox Collection of Naval Awards

Pair: Chief Yeoman R. G. Medhurst, Royal Navy

South Atlantic 1982, with rosette (ALRO (T) R G Medhurst D158737S HMS Fearless); Gulf 1990-91, no clasp (CY R G Medhurst D158737S RN) mounted as worn, good very fine and better (2) £600-£800

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The James Fox Collection of Naval Awards.

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Oliver Stirling Lee Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, December 2004.

In her capacity as a key command ship in the Falklands War, the amphibious assault ship H.M.S. Fearless, commanded by Captain E. J. S. Larken, D.S.O., was frequently the target of enemy aircraft. Although hit by cannon fire on at least one occasion, she did not suffer any serious damage, and was able to carry out various sorties from the anchorage at San Carlos, including the insertion and recovery of landing craft at San Salvador and Fitzroy.