Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Captain L. C. Saville, Royal West African Frontier Force and Gold Coast Defence Force

War Medal 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (Mr L. C. Saville) ‘Mr’ possibly added later; Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued; Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Gold Coast, with ‘E.II.R.’ Second Award Bar, unnamed, with integral top riband bar, mounted court style for wear; together with a mounted set of four miniature dress medals similar to the above (except E.D. is a ‘G.VI.R.’ first issue, has the ‘Territorial’ top riband bar, and is without the Second Award Bar), good very fine (4) £400-£500

John Tamplin Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, March 2009.

Leonard Charles Saville was born in Deptford on 8 September 1903. On 17 March 1919 he joined the Post Office and was engaged as a Clerk in the Accountant-General’s Department of the G.P.O., London. On 22 June 1927 he was appointed an Assistant Accountant in the Posts and Telegraph Department of the Gold Coast and he arrived to assume his duties there on 6 July 1927. Promoted Accountant in 1938, and on 30 September 1938 he was appointed Assistant Controller of Posts, having previously served for a time as Acting Chief Accountant and Acting Senior Assistant Controller of Posts. In 1943 he moved to Palestine and was appointed Chief Accountant, Posts and Telegraphs. He remained there until 1947 and for his services in latter years was awarded the General Service Medal. On 17 October 1947 he was appointed Assistant Postmaster General and Chief Accountant of the General Post Office in Hong Kong. He served as Postmaster General from 1950 until retiring in 1958.

Saville was appointed a Cadet in the Gold Coast Defence Force on 6 June 1928. He was appointed a Second Lieutenant on 1 April 1930 and was promoted to Lieutenant on 6 June 1931 and Captain on 16 September 1935. During the Second World War he served with the Royal West African Frontier Force; he was awarded the Efficiency Decoration (Gold Coast) in 1942, this announced in the Gold Coast Gazette of 14 November 1942. He was awarded a clasp notified in the gazette of 29 May 1954.

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