Lot Archive

Lot

№ 933

.

17 September 2004

Hammer Price:
£80

Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Canada (WO.Cl.1 (RSM) G. H. Bentley RC Armd C) good very fine £100-150

Warrant Officer 1st Class George Bentley was Regimental Sergeant Major of the Governor General’s Horse Guards, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps, from 1942 to 1946, and served with the regiment in Italy and France, 1944-45. Sold with some details extracted from the regimental history which includes photographs and several mentions of Bentley.