Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Eight: Major L. A. C. Sharp, Royal Armoured Corps

1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (Capt. L. A. C. Sharp. R.A.C.); Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (Lt. L. A. C. Sharp. R.A.C.) mounted as worn, good very fine and better (8) £240-£280

Leslie Arthur Grenville Sharp was born in London on 13 June 1921 and attested for the Corps of Military Police (Territorial Army) on 27 July 1939. He served during the Second World War at home prior to being commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Armoured Corps on 18 July 1942, and served during the Second War with Headquarters, 30 Corps. He was promoted Lieutenant, Regular Army, on 28 June 1947; Captain on 30 June 1948; and Major on 6 December 1955. Sharp was awarded his Efficiency Medal in 1946 (London Gazette 10 March 1946), and latterly served with the Royal Army Service Corps, before transferring to the Regular Army Reserve of Officers on 29 August 1960. He died in Aylsham, Norfolk, on 27 July 1991.

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