Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: attributed to Colonel R. H. Griffith, General List

1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf, all unnamed

Pair: attributed to Captain G. F. May, Royal Artillery, a prisoner-of-war

1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45, unnamed

Five: attributed to Captain E. R. Frei, Royal Artillery

1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf, all unnamed,

Pair: attributed to Squadron Leader R. Seagrave, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Defence and War Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf, unnamed, generally extremely fine (13) £100-140

Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel R. H. Griffith, General List, M.I.D. London Gazette 2 August 1945 for services in N.W. Europe. Royston Harling Griffith Commissioned Second Lieutenant, General List 12 July 1943;  War Substantive Major and Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel 6 July 1944. With riband bar and card forwarding box addressed to ‘Col. R. H. Griffith, 33 Mitchley Ave., Purley, Surrey.
 
Captain G.F. May (92292), Royal Artillery. M.I.D. London Gazette 22 June 1943 and 9 April 1944. George Frederick May Commissioned Lieutenant and Quarter Master, 30 June 1939, taken Prisoner of War and given number 617; held in Oflag 79, Brunswick, Germany; liberated, 12 April 1945. Medals in card forwarding box addressed to ‘Mr G. F. May, 31 Becon Road, Falmouth, Cornwall’.

Captain E. R. Frei, R.A., M.I.D. London Gazette 29 November 1945 in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Italy. Eric Raymond Frei educated St. Pauls and Cambridge. With card forwarding box addressed to ‘Capt. E. R. Frei, 8 Playfair Mansions, Queens Club Gardens, London W.14’.

335279 Flight Sergeant Ronald Seagrave, R.A.F.V.R. was appointed an Acting Pilot Officer on probation in the Technical Branch of the R.A.F. on 4 February 1942 (Seniority 17 November 1941) (London Gazette 7 April 1942). Promoted to Flying Officer (Electrical Engineer) in October 1942 and to Flight Lieutenant in July 1944, he retired as a Squadron Leader at the end of the war. M.I.D. London Gazette 1 January 1945. ‘R. Seagrave (117264) R.A.F.V.R.’ With medal forwarding box addressed to ‘S/L. R. Seagrave, 14 Doctor Lane, Mirfield, Yorkshire.’ With copied gazette extracts.