Royal Naval LSGC Medal, Elizabeth II, Britt Omn Obverse to H. M. S. St. Kitts

Royal Naval LSGC Medal, Elizabeth II, Britt Omn Obverse to H. With copies of the medal roll, showing medal awarded October 1954 to Thomas George Plumley.

Official corrections to number and two letters of surname. Kitts was a Battle-class destroyer of the Royal Navy (RN). She was named in honour of the Battle of St. Kitts which took place in 1782. Kitts was built by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Limited on the Tyne. She was launched on 4 October 1944 and commissioned on 21 January 1946. Kitts joined the 5th Destroyer Flotilla of the Home Fleet upon commission. Kitts took part in the large Fleet Review at Spithead to celebration the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. Kitts was subsequently placed in Reserve.

Kitts joined the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla, also part of the Home Fleet. Kitts, still with the 3rd Flotilla, deployed to the Mediterranean, and took part in the Suez Crisis, which had occurred after the nationalisation of the Suez Canal by the Egyptian leader Nasser. During Operation Musketeer, the invasion of Egypt, St. Kitts, along with the rest of the Flotilla, left the Mediterranean to join the Home Fleet.

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