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Seven: Leading Seaman H. S. Weekes, Royal Navy, later Royal Fleet Reserve, who was...
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Seven: Leading Seaman H. S. Weekes, Royal Navy, later Royal Fleet Reserve, who was Mentioned in Despatches for service aboard H.M.S. Erebus during the Allied invasion of Sicily in 1943 Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1936-1939 (JX.128986 S. C. Weekes. A.B. R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; Burma Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (JX.128986 S. C. Weekes. L.S. H.M.S. Excellent.) edge bruise to last, otherwise good very fine (7) £300-£400 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 21 December 1943. Stanley Cecil Weekes was born in Alverstoke on 2 August 1911 and joined the Royal Navy as Boy 2nd Class on 18 January 1927. Raised Leading Seaman aboard the light cruiser Cairo 2 August 1929, and Able Seaman aboard Iron Duke 31 January 1931, he served on a wide variety of ships and shore establishments leading up to the outbreak of the Second World War, including Resource, Vernon, Despatch and Greyhound. Posted aboard the monitor Erebus from 22 November 1940 to 8 August 1945, Weekes was mentioned in despatches for service during Operation Husky and later participated in the invasion of Normandy off Omaha Beach in June 1944 as part of Task Force ‘O’. Released Class ‘A’ 22 October 1945, he joined the Royal Fleet Reserve as Leading Seaman (L.T.O.) and was discharged at Portsmouth ‘below naval physical standard’ in 1953. Sold with the recipient’s original Royal Navy Service Record on parchment; original M.I.D. certificate, this stained and faded; Royal Life Saving Society small bronze medal, engraved to reverse ‘S. C. Weekes. Sept. 1926.’, in case of issue; 12 snapshot photographs of ships, including H.M.S. Hood passing under the Forth Bridge and H.M.S. Inglefield at sea, many hand annotated to reverse, including one of H.M.S. Erebus: ‘From Daddy to Fimbo.. This is my ship.. What do you think of it?’
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Seven: Leading Seaman H. S. Weekes, Royal Navy, later Royal Fleet Reserve, who was Mentioned in Despatches for service aboard H.M.S. Erebus during the Allied invasion of Sicily in 1943 Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1936-1939 (JX.128986 S. C. Weekes. A.B. R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; Burma Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (JX.128986 S. C. Weekes. L.S. H.M.S. Excellent.) edge bruise to last, otherwise good very fine (7) £300-£400 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 21 December 1943. Stanley Cecil Weekes was born in Alverstoke on 2 August 1911 and joined the Royal Navy as Boy 2nd Class on 18 January 1927. Raised Leading Seaman aboard the light cruiser Cairo 2 August 1929, and Able Seaman aboard Iron Duke 31 January 1931, he served on a wide variety of ships and shore establishments leading up to the outbreak of the Second World War, including Resource, Vernon, Despatch and Greyhound. Posted aboard the monitor Erebus from 22 November 1940 to 8 August 1945, Weekes was mentioned in despatches for service during Operation Husky and later participated in the invasion of Normandy off Omaha Beach in June 1944 as part of Task Force ‘O’. Released Class ‘A’ 22 October 1945, he joined the Royal Fleet Reserve as Leading Seaman (L.T.O.) and was discharged at Portsmouth ‘below naval physical standard’ in 1953. Sold with the recipient’s original Royal Navy Service Record on parchment; original M.I.D. certificate, this stained and faded; Royal Life Saving Society small bronze medal, engraved to reverse ‘S. C. Weekes. Sept. 1926.’, in case of issue; 12 snapshot photographs of ships, including H.M.S. Hood passing under the Forth Bridge and H.M.S. Inglefield at sea, many hand annotated to reverse, including one of H.M.S. Erebus: ‘From Daddy to Fimbo.. This is my ship.. What do you think of it?’
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