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The rare Second War fall of Crete D.C.M. group of four awarded to Marine B. V. Jones, Royal...
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The rare Second War fall of Crete D.C.M. group of four awarded to Marine B. V. Jones, Royal Marines, who was decorated for downing an enemy aircraft with his Bren gun, prior to being wounded in making a solo bayonet charge against seven German parachutists Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.VI.R. (PLY.X.100514 B. V. Jones. Mne. R.M.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45, edge bruise to the first, otherwise good very fine (4) £14,000-£18,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- One of two D.C.M.s awarded to the Royal Marines for Crete. D.C.M. London Gazette 4 November 1941. The original recommendation states: ‘Crete: At his gun position S.W. of Canea on 21 May he displayed outstanding courage, by shooting down an enemy aircraft by firing a Bren gun from the shoulder. Later in the day he made a lone bayonet charge against seven parachutists armed with sub-machine guns who had landed in a glider close to the gun position. He was wounded in this action. This prompt action displayed great bravery and was a fine example to all ranks.’ Benjamin Vaughan Jones was born in Neath, Glamorganshire on 22 September 1916, and is believed to have seen service as a gunner in the Territorials in the 1930s. If so, he transferred to the Royal Marines soon after the outbreak of war, for in the summer of 1940 he joined the Mobile Naval Base Defence Organisation (M.N.B.D.O), in which capacity he was embarked for Suez in the following year. Subsequently embarked for Crete, as a member of 23 Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, 2nd Royal Marine Anti-Aircraft Regiment, he was awarded the D.C.M. for the above cited deeds south-west of Canea on 21 May 1941. His wounds were extensive - the Neath Guardian later reporting that he was hit by four bullets in his solo bayonet charge - and he appears to have been evacuated to the U.K. in the hospital ship Almanzora. Having the attended the R.N.H. Aberdeen, he was discharged from the corps in November 1941. He died back in Glamorganshire in April 1972. Sold with typed Admiralty D.C.M. citation, mounted on card together with his enamelled D.C.M. League lapel badge,
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The rare Second War fall of Crete D.C.M. group of four awarded to Marine B. V. Jones, Royal Marines, who was decorated for downing an enemy aircraft with his Bren gun, prior to being wounded in making a solo bayonet charge against seven German parachutists Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.VI.R. (PLY.X.100514 B. V. Jones. Mne. R.M.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45, edge bruise to the first, otherwise good very fine (4) £14,000-£18,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- One of two D.C.M.s awarded to the Royal Marines for Crete. D.C.M. London Gazette 4 November 1941. The original recommendation states: ‘Crete: At his gun position S.W. of Canea on 21 May he displayed outstanding courage, by shooting down an enemy aircraft by firing a Bren gun from the shoulder. Later in the day he made a lone bayonet charge against seven parachutists armed with sub-machine guns who had landed in a glider close to the gun position. He was wounded in this action. This prompt action displayed great bravery and was a fine example to all ranks.’ Benjamin Vaughan Jones was born in Neath, Glamorganshire on 22 September 1916, and is believed to have seen service as a gunner in the Territorials in the 1930s. If so, he transferred to the Royal Marines soon after the outbreak of war, for in the summer of 1940 he joined the Mobile Naval Base Defence Organisation (M.N.B.D.O), in which capacity he was embarked for Suez in the following year. Subsequently embarked for Crete, as a member of 23 Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, 2nd Royal Marine Anti-Aircraft Regiment, he was awarded the D.C.M. for the above cited deeds south-west of Canea on 21 May 1941. His wounds were extensive - the Neath Guardian later reporting that he was hit by four bullets in his solo bayonet charge - and he appears to have been evacuated to the U.K. in the hospital ship Almanzora. Having the attended the R.N.H. Aberdeen, he was discharged from the corps in November 1941. He died back in Glamorganshire in April 1972. Sold with typed Admiralty D.C.M. citation, mounted on card together with his enamelled D.C.M. League lapel badge,
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