A WW2 DSM group to Lt Cdr G R Rope RNR / HMT Sanson Minesweeper

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A WW2 DSM group to Lt Cdr G R Rope RNR / HMT Sanson Minesweeper
  • A WW2 DSM group to Lt Cdr G R Rope RNR / HMT Sanson Minesweeper
  • A WW2 DSM group to Lt Cdr G R Rope RNR / HMT Sanson Minesweeper
  • A WW2 DSM group to Lt Cdr G R Rope RNR / HMT Sanson Minesweeper

  • A WW2 DSM group to Lt Cdr G R Rope RNR / HMT Sanson Minesweeper

  • £1,695.00

£1,695.00

G.VI.R. Distinguished Service Medal, correctly impressed X.20573 A. G.R. Rope. 2. HD, R.N.R.  

1939 to 45 Star

Atlantic Star

Defence Medal

War Medal

Decoration for Officers of the Royal Naval Reserve, dated 1959.

Condition GVF

 

Sold with a number of photographs and original pieces of ephemra, including Skippers book.

 

George Reginald Rope was born in Norwich, Norfolk on the 7th of June 1911. In civilian life he worked as a fisherman.

He joined the RNR on the 7th of January 1939. He was awarded the DSM while serving as a 2nd Hand on H.M.T Sanson a Minesweeping Trawler.

 

Rope was presented his DSM at Buckingham Place on the 1oth of November 1942. He was appointed Skipper on the 1st of April 1944. Awarded the RD in 1959, he retired as a Lieutenant Commander in June 1961.