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  First a big thank you goes to ex Chief Petty Officer Bob Hope for the following display. Bob purchased an ex Married Quarter and on occupying the property found this display case containing a British Empire Medal, a letter of recommendation signed by Lord Mountbatten (then a Commander), a letter signed by King George VI and a photograph of the recipient of the BEM.

   Lord Mountbatten's letter is dated 1936 and refers to Chief Yeoman of Signals Dench's service on HMS Daring and HMS Wishart between 1934 and 1936. The letter from King George VI is dated 1947, saying how sorry he was that he couldn't present the medal personally. Chief Yeoman of Signals Dench was Gazetted in the Supplement to the London Gazette dated January 1946.

  On finding this display of items, Bob managed to contact decendants of Chief Yeoman of Signals Dench but sadly they (the descendants) didn't want the display returned to them. Bob then contacted Capt. Steve White for suggestions as to where best to place this display. Steve very kindly suggested the Communications Museum.

The following are scans of the two letters and next to each is a re-type (to make it easier to read).

This display now proudly hangs in the Communications Branch Museum/Library