A NAVAL CAMPAIGN GROUP TO ABLE BODIED SEAMAN LANE, ROYAL NAV...

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A NAVAL CAMPAIGN GROUP TO ABLE BODIED SEAMAN LANE, ROYAL NAVY. Lane was killed in action in 1941, serving as a DEMS Gunner.

1914/15 Star. Correctly impressed. J.27051 W S Lane Ord RN
British War Medal. Correctly impressed. J.27051 W S Lane AB RN
Victory medal. Correctly impressed. J.27051 W S Lane AB RN
GV Naval LSGC. Correctly impressed. J.27051 W S Lane AB HMS Antelope.
1939/45 Star. Unnamed as issued.
War Medal. Unnamed as issued.
Condition GF+ ( First three polished.)

Walter Sidney Lane was born in Fordingbridge, Hertfordshire, on the 21st of December 1897. He served on HMS Kent for most of the Great War.
Tragically, Walter was killed in action onboard M.V. Edwy R. Brown. He was serving as a DEMS Gunner.
Edwy R.Brown was a Motor Tanker. She was torpedoed off the coast of Iceland by U-103 on the 17th of February 1941; all 50 crew members were lost.
Walter is remembered on the Portsmouth Naval memorial. he is also entitled to the Great War Victory Medal, Atlantic Star and possibly the Defence Medal.