£50
WW2 Period Oil Painting of a Naval Officer
25 x 32 inch, oil on canvas of a RNVR Lieutenant in service dress uniform with peaked cap. Some WW2 medal ribbons showing. Complete in ornate plaster frame. Some minor damage.
We have been informed the sitter is Lieutenant Reginald Rendel, oldest son of Commander Herbert Rendel. He volunteered for service in the Royal Navy in 1940 and was commissioned as a Sub Lieutenant in the R.N.V.R. in 1942. He served on the Arctic Convoys, and in June 1944 was part of the D-Day Landings. On 26th August 1944 he was serving aboard H.M.S. Capel, which was torpedoed by the German submarine U-486, he was killed along with 7 fellow Officers, the Captain and 67 Ratings.
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