Auction Catalogue

3 December 2020

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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№ 437

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3 December 2020

Hammer Price:
£100

Five: Corporal W. R. Norris, Royal Air Force, later Royal Army Service Corps
1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, good very fine

Five:
Attributed to Private O. Pickett, Royal Artillery
1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, very fine (10) £100-£140

William Reginald Norris was born in Abertysswy, Monmouthshire on 7 August 1918. A Colliers Help by occupation, he enlisted into the Royal Air Force as an Aircraftman 2nd Class on 27 January 1938, and was promoted to Temporary Corporal in December 1940. During the Second World War he served with 3 Squadron, November 1939-July 1940; 232 Squadron, July 1940-January 1941; 25 O.T.U., January 1941-April 1942; 601 Squadron, April 1942-February 1944 (during which time he served in the Middle East); 90 W.U., February-March 1944; and 18 Squadron, March 1944-March 1945. He was discharged on 25 October 1949, and subsequently enlisted into the Royal Army Service Corps (Territorial Army), from which unit he was discharged on 29 October 1951.
Sold with the recipient’s original R.A.F. parchment Certificate of Service and Discharge; T.A. Certificate of Service; Airman’s Service and Paybook; and 15 group photographs of the recipient and others, in uniform.

Owen Pickett was born in Kettleborough, Suffolk, in July 1911 and enlisted into the 56th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery on 30 September 1940. His papers note he was additionally awarded the 8th Army clasp to his Africa Star.
Sold with the recipient’s Soldier’s Pay Book, release and medical document, and 9 original photographs of the recipient and friends in uniform.