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№ 1528

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17 September 2010

Hammer Price:
£400

Six: Staff Sergeant W. R. Lomax, Royal Logistics Corps, late Royal Army Ordnance Corps and 13th/18th Hussars

General Service 1962, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24656234 Cpl, RAOC); U.N. Medal, UNFICYP ribbon, unnamed; N.A.T.O. Medal 1994, 1 clasp, Former Yugoslavia, unnamed; Iraq 2003, 1 clasp, 19 Mar to 28 Apr 2003 (24656234 SSgt, RLC); Jubilee Medal 2002, unnamed; Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (24656234 SSgt, RLC) mounted court style was worn, nearly extremely fine (6) £450-500

Wayne Robert Lomax was born on 27 June 1968 and enlisted at Huddersfield on 7 August 1984. Entering as a Junior Leader in the Royal Armoured Corps, he then joined the 13th/18th Royal Hussars. He was initially posted to the B.A.O.R. where he was employed as a reconnaissance crewman in Scimitar light tanks. A little over a year later he joined the United Nations force in Cyprus. In 1988 he was presented to Princess Diana of Wales as the Champion Trooper of his regiment. Following on from this, he was selected to be a permanent staff instructor serving with the Territoral Army in York. In 1990 he applied to be transferred to the Royal Army Ordnance Corps as an Ammunition Technician. Successfully training for that post , he attained the rank of Staff Sergeant in June 1998. His career as an Ammunition Technician moved into the terrorist bomb disposal area in 1996, where he was employed in providing cover for the N.W. of England and later to British Army units in Germany. He was awarded the Army L.S. & G.C. Medal in 2002. In 2003 he saw active service in Iraq. Staff Sergeant Lomax left the service at his own request on 27 June 2005.

With copied Certificate of Qualification; original Certificate of Service papers; Army Certificates of Qualification (5); Army Job Description Form and Certificate of Discharge; together with two colour photographs of the recipient.