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13 January 2021

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№ 73

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13 January 2021

Hammer Price:
£1,600

Seven: Warrant Officer Class 1 P. R. C. Miller, Royal Engineers, later Second Lieutenant, Home Guard

1914 Star (6961 Cpl. P. R. C. Miller. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (6961 W.O. Cl.1. P. R. C. Miller. R.E.); Defence Medal; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (WR/125049 T. Supdt.: Clk: P. R. C. Miller. R.E.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (6961 E. C. Sjt: P. R. C. Miller. R.E.); Romania, Kingdom, Medal for Hardihood and Loyalty, bronze, with crossed swords suspension, the crossed swords suspension crudely re-affixed and repaired; together with the recipient’s Royal Engineers Association membership medal, gilt and enamel, the reverse engraved ‘P. R. C. Miller 1964’, light contact marks, generally very fine and better (7) £700-£900

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

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M.S.M. London Gazette 1 January 1917.

Romanian Medal for Hardihood and Loyalty, First Class
London Gazette 24 October 1919

Percy Richard Clarke Miller was born on 6 September 1886 and attested for the Royal Engineers, serving with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 29 October 1914. Advanced Warrant Officer Class I, for his services during the Great War he was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 15 June 1916) and was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal. Appointed Superintending Clerk on 5 February 1925, he was discharged to pension on 27 June 1936.

During the Second World War Miller served in the 9th Hertfordshire Battalion, Eastern Command, Home Guard, and was commissioned Second Lieutenant on 12 November 1943.

Sold with copied research.