Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Second Lieutenant O. Holmes, Queen’s Royal Regiment (West Surrey), attached 6th Battalion Gold Coast Regiment, who was killed in action during the advance into Italian Somaliland, 22 February 1941

1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, extremely fine (3) £100-£140

M.I.D. London Gazette 30 December 1941.

Osmond Holmes, a native of Dulwich, London, was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Queen’s Royal Regiment, and served during the Second World War attached to the 6th Battalion, Gold Coast Regiment, Royal West Africa Frontier Force. He was killed in action on 22 February 1941, aged 22 years, and was buried in the Nairobi War Cemetery, Kenya.

Sold with original M.I.D. Certificate in glazed frame and unnamed Buckingham Palace condolence slip in envelope named to ‘A. O. Holmes, Esq.’