Medals of WWII hero who helped sink dreaded Japanese warship despite being covered in burns from enemy shell to go on sale for £16,000
Petty Officer Jack 'Spud' Yates, a veteran of Dunkirk, D-Day and the Arctic Convoys, served in the Far East in 1945 on HMS Saumarez, which helped destroy the Japanese cruiser Haguro.
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