Three medals to Petty Officer (later Lieutenant Commander) Gordon Alan Harris

Three medals to Petty Officer (later Lieutenant Commander) Gordon Alan Harris, Royal Navy: Korea 1950-53, first type obverse (D/JX. 795559 G.A. HARRIS. P.O. R.N.); United Nations Korea Service 1950-54, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued, mounted for wearing and with corresponding dress miniature group, about very fine; together with a collection of associated ephemera, including services records, professional qualification certificates, photographs - including portraits of Prince Charles in Naval uniform, and other items.

Lieutenant Commander Harris volunteered for the Royal Navy in 1946, his time beginning in 1948; and he retired in 1983. During the period of the Korean War he served in H.M.S. Illustrious, Drake, Black Swan and Unicorn, the latter two of which were deployed in the Far East (joined Black Swan 18/08/1950). He appears to have been in Drake when she made naval history as the only aircraft carrier to conduct a shore bombardment in wartime, when she engaged enemy coast watchers at Chopekki point. The documents offered with this lot provide a clear impression of Lieutenant Commander Harris's career progression. A notable characteristic of this archive is that it abounds with the highest praise for Harris's character and efficiency. The various forms of endorsement make it clear that he was a sailor and an officer of peerless quality.

See lot 6 for the medals to this officer's father.