WWII Gallantry group to Lt. Cdr. John Jackson, Royal Naval Reserve.
Distinguished Service Cross with Bar officially dated 1943.
1939-45 Star, Atlantic Star, Africa Star and War Medal unnamed as issued.
Royal Naval Reserve Decoration officially dated 1940.
Mounted as worn, very fine.
Commanding officer, frigate H.M.S. Swale, K-217 D.S.C. - London gazette 77" September, 1943.
For gallantry, skill and devotion to duty in action against enemy submarine U-657. Sunk east of Cape Farewell Greenland on 17 may 1943 by succession of depth charges and hedgehog attacks, all hands lost.
U-657 commanded by Korvetten Kapitan Heinrich Gollnitz.
Bar to D.S.C. - London gazette, 24 October, 1944.
For "outstanding" enterprise and skill in an attack on an enemy submarine on 6 April 1944.
U-302 sunk northwest of the Azores, all hands lost. Confirmed by german naval records after the war.
U-302 commanded by Kapitan-Leutnant Herbert Sicknel.
M.I.D. - London gazette, 29 February 1944.
For distinguished service when on a voyage from Freetown to Gibraltar, H.M.S. Swale received a signal to go north with all speed as three ships were under attack by long range enemy aircraft. These were the Casablanca, the Duchess of Windsor and the Port Fairy. The first two ships were carrying troops and nurses to the far east.
H.M.S. Swale picked up survivors from the Casablanca and the Duchess of Windsor which had been sunk.
H.M.S. Swale went alongside the Port Fairy and managed to get damage and fires under control.
Sold with picture of Jackson and two pictures of H.M.S. Swale. Letter from Ministry of Defence confirming awards and hand written account of the actions by Jackson.
Product Code: EM3922
