A good post-WW2 Royal Navy officer’s group of three to Lieutenant-Commander A. W. Tullis, Royal Navy, who served aboard H.M.S. Warrior during the Korean War and then H.M.S. Cavendish in the Suez and Far East.
Three: United Nations Medal for Korea; Naval General Service 1909-1962, 1 clasp: Near East (LIEUT. A. W. TULLIS, R.N.); Campaign Service Medal 1962, 1 clasp: Malay Peninsula (LIEUT. COMMANDER A. W. TULLIS. R.N.), mounted swing-style as worn.
Condition. Nearly Extremely Fine.
Lieutenant-Commander A. W. Tullis was educated at Kirkham Grammar School and commissioned Sub Lieutenant into Royal Navy on 1 Sept 1954 and joined the crew of H.M.S. Warrior.
Warrior was refitted in 1948 and recommissioned in 1950 as a transport for troops and aircraft to support British forces during the Korean War. The ship underwent a refit during most of 1952 and 1953 and then participated in Operation Grapple, the first British Hydrogen Bomb tests.
Tullis was promoted to Lieutenant (Engineer) on 1 March 1955 and was serving aboard H.M.S. Newfoundland in 1956 and H.M.S. Cavendish thereafter.
The Ca-class Flotilla Leader Destroyer H.M.S. Cavendish joined the 21st Escort Squadron for the East of Suez leg of its operations in November 1963 and was then deployed in the Far East with the Squadron based at Singapore.
During the return passage from a visit to Western Australia in September 1964, H.M.S. Cavendish was diverted to join Konfrontasi operations after the Indonesian infiltration of Borneo.
Tullis was appointed Lieutenant Commander (Eng. Mech.) on 1 March 1963 and transferred to H.M.S. Hampshire the following year.
He was serving at H.M.S. Victory (Portsmouth) in 1968 and in 1970, just before his retirement was serving at Chatham Dockyard in the Trademasters (Mechanical) Branch.
