Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Lieutenant-Colonel (Quartermaster) W. W. J. Dennis, Royal Artillery

1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army, with Second Award Bar (1022383 W.O. Cl. II W. W. J. Denis. R.A.) good very fine (5) £140-£180

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of David Lloyd.

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Provenance: John Tamplin Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, December 2008.

William Walter James Dennis was born on 13 April 1904. Joining the Royal Artillery in about 1919, he served in the ranks for 15 years and 15 days; was a Warrant Officer Class 2 for 5 years and 216 days; and a Warrant Officer Class 1 for 7 years and 307 days. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, with gratuity, per Army Order 224 of October 1937.

Dennis was promoted a War Substantive Sergeant-Major in the Royal Artillery in April 1941, and was granted a commission as a Lieutenant (Quartermaster) in the Royal Artillery in November 1947. He was appointed Quartermaster of the School of Anti-Aircraft Artillery in February 1948 and held that appointment for just under a year. He was promoted Captain (Q.M.) in March 1949 and Major (Q.M.) in May 1955, and was awarded a Second Award Bar to his Army L.S. & G.C. on 28 May 1955 (London Gazette 4 November 1955). Appointed Quartermaster of the School of A.A. Artillery at Manorbier in October 1955, a position he held for three years, he was advanced to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel (Q.M.) on 30 June 1956, and was in time the senior Quartermaster in the Royal Artillery. Having attained the retiring age, he was placed on the Retired Pay List on 13 April 1959, and died on 17 September 1965.

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