Auction Catalogue

2 December 2009

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 564

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2 December 2009

Hammer Price:
£100

Five: Major Alfred Alexander Lees, Indian Army

1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals, all unnamed; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Territorial (Capt., Indian Army) mounted court style for wear, contact marks, nearly very fine (5) £80-100

Alfred Alexander Lees lived in India before the war and served in the ranks of the Auxiliary Force (India). He was granted an Emergency Commission in the Indian Army as a 2nd Lieutenant in September 1942. He was promoted to War Substantive Lieutenant in March 1943 and was subsequently advanced to Temporary Captain in January 1944. When he was released at the end of the war, he was granted the honorary rank of Major. For his services in the Auxiliary Forces, he was awarded the Efficiency Medal (Territorial), the award published in the London Gazette of 18 April 1947. With some copied research.