Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: attributed to Gunner D. W. B. Spencer, 98th (The Surrey and Sussex Yeomanry) Field Regiment Royal Artillery, who died of disease in Italy on 8 November 1943

1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with named Army Council enclosure, extremely fine (5) £50-£70

Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, June 2013.

Desmond William Beanland Spencer was born in Steyning, Sussex, and served during the Second World War as a Lance-Bombardier with 98 (The Surrey and Sussex Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. He died of polio-myelitis, in Italy, on 8 November 1943, aged 26 years, and is buried in the Catania War Cemetery, Sicily.