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28 February & 1 March 2018

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Lot

№ 315

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28 February 2018

Hammer Price:
£240

Seven: Captain G. R. Frost, Essex Regiment

General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (6008217 Cpl. G. Frost. Essex. R.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (Capt. (Q.M.) G. R. Frost. Essex.) mounted as worn, good very fine (7) £240-280

George Robert Frost attested for the Essex Regiment on 22 March 1929, and was posted to the 1st Battalion. Advanced Corporal, he served with them in Palestine 1936-37, before seeing further service pre-Second World War in the Sudan and Iraq. He served during the Second World War in North Africa, where he was appointed Acting Regimental Sergeant Major before receiving an Emergency Commission as Lieutenant and Quartermaster on 15 June 1942. Promoted War Substantive Captain on 15 June 1945, he was granted a Short Service Commission as Captain and Quartermaster on 12 October 1946, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 23 April 1948. He relinquished his commission on completion of service on 12 October 1953, after 24 and a half years’ service, and was granted the honorary rank of Captain.