Naval LSGC To DSM Winner

Naval LSGC ( Geo VI ) KX/78248 J T MILLER STO HMS FAME

John Thomas Miller a 19 year old miner from Hendon Sunderland joined the Royal Navy in 1925 . He was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal whilst serving aboard HMS Fame in January 1945

HMS Fame was an F-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy during the 1930s. Although assigned to the Home Fleet upon completion, the ship was attached to the Mediterranean Fleet in 1935–36 during the Abyssinia Crisis. During the Spanish Civil War of 1936–1939, she spent time in Spanish waters, enforcing the arms blockade imposed by Britain and France on both sides of the conflict. Fame served in the Norwegian Campaign in 1940 before she was severely damaged when she ran aground in October. The ship was refloated several months later and spent a year and a half under repair. Fame was converted into an escort destroyer while under repair and was assigned to escort duties in the North Atlantic when the repairs were completed in mid-1942.

She sank two German submarines before she was transferred back to British coastal waters in May 1944 to protect the build-up for Operation Overlord. Together with two other destroyers, she sank another German submarine that month and was reassigned to escort duties off the west coast of Scotland in July, where she remained until the war ended in May 1945

Full service papers available on-line

Medal in GVF condition

Code: 51130