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Five: Chief Petty Officer Supply C. J. W. Hamlyn, Royal Navy, who was killed in action when...
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Five: Chief Petty Officer Supply C. J. W. Hamlyn, Royal Navy, who was killed in action when H.M.S. Kite was torpedoed and sunk by U-344 in the Barents Sea on 21 August 1944 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; Arctic Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Admiralty enclosure, in named card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mrs. B. W. Hamlyn, 8 Field Way, Wavertree, Liverpool 15’, the Arctic Star with Defence Council enclosure in separately named case of issue, extremely fine (5) £500-£700 --- Charles James William Hamlyn joined the Royal Navy and served as a Supply Chief Petty Officer during the Second World War in H.M.S. Kite. He was killed in action when Kite, as part of convoy JW59 to Northern Russia, was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-344 in the Barents Sea on 21 August 1944; of the 10 officers and 207 ratings onboard, only nine survived. U-344 was sunk the next day with the loss of all hands. Hamlyn is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial. His medals were sent to his widow, Betty Winifred Hamlyn.
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Five: Chief Petty Officer Supply C. J. W. Hamlyn, Royal Navy, who was killed in action when H.M.S. Kite was torpedoed and sunk by U-344 in the Barents Sea on 21 August 1944 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; Arctic Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Admiralty enclosure, in named card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mrs. B. W. Hamlyn, 8 Field Way, Wavertree, Liverpool 15’, the Arctic Star with Defence Council enclosure in separately named case of issue, extremely fine (5) £500-£700 --- Charles James William Hamlyn joined the Royal Navy and served as a Supply Chief Petty Officer during the Second World War in H.M.S. Kite. He was killed in action when Kite, as part of convoy JW59 to Northern Russia, was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-344 in the Barents Sea on 21 August 1944; of the 10 officers and 207 ratings onboard, only nine survived. U-344 was sunk the next day with the loss of all hands. Hamlyn is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial. His medals were sent to his widow, Betty Winifred Hamlyn.
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