Rocket Apparatus Volunteer Long Service Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd Issue, reverse officially engraved (Walter Boa), with investiture pin for wear, lightly toned, good extremely fine and lustrous Chief Stoker Mechanic Walter Boa was born in Northumberland, England, in 1912, and served with the Royal Navy in WW2 aboard the submarine H.M.S. Cachalot. He was present during her sinking on 30 July 1941 when she was rammed and sunk by the Italian destroyer ‘A Generale Achille Papa’ and was taken prisoner of war. He was sent with the surviving crew to Benghazi, after which they were transported to a P.O.W. camp near Naples – eventually being repatriated in an exchange for Italian P.O.W.s in 1943. He was later awarded the R.N. L.S.G.C. in 1949 while serving at the submarine depot H.M.S. Forth. He died in 1965.Ex D.N.W., 20 July 2017

Estimate: GBP 200 - 250