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№ 296

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17 July 2024

Hammer Price:
£85

Four: Private W. H. Barrett, General Service Corps, Union Defence Force
Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, these all officially named ‘73174 W. H. Barrett’; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st (bilingual) issue, Union of South Africa (Pte. W. H. Barrett - GSC.) this with suspension rod broken away, nearly extremely fine

Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Territorial (Lt. C. S. G. Dewsbury. R.A.) good very fine (5) £60-£80

Charles Stanton Greenhalgh Dewsbury was born in Chorlton, Lancashire, on 18 April 1920 and attested for the Royal Artillery in 1938. He was commissioned on 23 December 1941, and was awarded the Efficiency Medal as a Lieutenant (Hon. Captain) in 1950 (London Gazette 7 July 1950). A keen golfer, in May 1956 he won the Kingsleigh Golf Cup in the Nottingham area. He died in Nottingham on 15 July 1995.