A scarce Second World War ‘H.M.S. Chinkara’ landing boat base B.E.M. group of eight to Sick Berth Chief Petty Officer S. C. Luckham, Royal Navy.

British Empire Medal, (Military) G.VI.R., 1st issue, S.B.C.P.O. SYDNEY C. LUCKMAN, C/M. 38112), officially impressed naming on a pre-prepared ground; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S.& G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue M.38112 L. C. LUCKHAM, S.B.P.O., H.M.S. PEMBROKE, note surname spellings, nearly extremely fine, swing mounted as worn, sometime professionally lacquered. Comes with copies of service papers, medal rolls and notes on H.M.S. Chinkara.

B.E.M. London Gazette 13 June 1946.

Lieutenant Sydney Charles Luckham was born on 5/7/1903 at Launceston, Cornwall, England. A motor body builder by trade, he enlisted into the Royal Navy as a Sick Berth Attendant on 12/6/1924 being given the service No M38112. He served at the following H.M. ship and shore bases: Pembroke II, Chatham Hospital, Sandhurst (Fleet repair ship), Ramillies (Battleship). Promoted to Sick Berth Petty officer 29/1/1936.

During WW2, he served on the H.M.S Atlantis (Hospital ship). Chatham Hospital . H.M.S. Nile (Royal Navy base at Ras el-Tin Point, Alexandria, Egypt, which operated between April 1939 and June 1946, was officially referred to as HMS Nile) 16/4/1940 -. At this stage his records are incomplete. He was awarded his B.E.M. for services in H.M.S. Chinkara, the Royal Navy Landing Craft Base in Cochin, India. He was commissioned on 1 October 1944 and paid off on 3 June 1946 discharging 18/8/1946 and died on the 23/3/1964 in Kent.

Awarded Long Service & Good Conduct Medal 12/6/1939.