Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Private P. J. Usher, 1st Battalion, Royal Natal Carbineers, who was wounded in action serving in the Western Desert, 28 November 1941
1939-45 Star, unnamed; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45; South Africa Medal for War Service, all officially named ‘415 P. J. Usher’, with Royal Natal Carbineers Cap Badge, buttons and cloth insignia all mounted on card, also with a small amount of sand from the ‘Western Desert’, generally very fine

Five: Corporal C. J. Levington, South African Engineer Corps
1939-45 Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals; South Africa Medal for War Service, all officially named ‘233620 C. J. Levington’, with O.H.M.S. envelope addressed to the recipient at ‘Villa Maria, Bolmear Street, Rugby, Cape Town, and South African League lapel badge, reverse numbered ‘970’, generally very fine or better (9) £50-£70

Patrick Joseph Usher was born in June 1922, and was a native of Natal. He served during the Second War with the 1st Battalion, Royal Natal Carbineers, and received a gun shot wound to the left shoulder, 28 November 1941. On the latter date the Battalion were serving in the Western Desert, and served during that campaign at Sidi Rezegh, Taieb el Essem and Bir Schiafsciuf. Usher was discharged medically unfit in December 1943.

Cecil John Levington was born in July 1900. He served during the Second War as a Corporal with the South African Engineer Corps, and was attached to the 12th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery.