Description
-1939-45 Star (unnamed as issued)
-Atlantic Star (unnamed as issued)
-WWII War Medal (unnamed as issued)
-Royal Navy Long Service & Good Conduct Medal, George V coinage profile, uncrowned head, 1931-36 issue. Named M. 35949 E.F. Coulton. C.O.A. 2. H.M.S. Drake, mounted as worn.
-Cased Royal Life Saving Society Medal, named on the reverse E.F. Coulton October 1933.
-Boxed Sporting Medal ‘InterRoom 1936 E.F. Coulton.’ from Thomas Fattorini Ltd. Regent Street Works Birmingham. Maker and silver marked.
-Sterling Silver H.M.S. Trinidad Tie Clip in original packaging.
-Medal postage box addressed to ‘Mrs V.E. Coulton, 30 Southdown Road, Beacon Park, Plymouth, Devon.’
-Original medal casualty slip from the Admiralty named ‘Temporary Warrant Ordnance Officer Edgar Frank Coulton, RN.’
Copy Commonwealth War Graves Commission document confirming him serving H.M.S. Trinidad, dieing on 29th March 1942 aged 42.
On March 29, 1942, HMS Trinidad, a British light cruiser, was heavily damaged during a battle with German destroyers while escorting convoy PQ 13 in the Arctic. During the engagement, one of her own torpedoes malfunctioned and struck the ship, causing significant damage and resulting in casualties.
First time on market from the family.
Condition as shown in photographs.
