Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Major G. S. Harris, Royal Army Pay Corps, late West Yorkshire Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. G. S. Harris.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted court-style for display, nearly very fine

Pair: Acting Corporal H. V. Heyes, Army Pay Corps
British War and Victory Medals (3435 A.Cpl. H. V. Heyes. A.P.C.) mounted court-style for display, nearly extremely fine

Pair: Private P. Martin, Army Pay Corps
British War and Victory Medals (22645 Pte. P. Martin. A.P.C.) edge knock to BWM, nearly very fine (8) £80-£100

Geoffrey Stoughton Harris was born in Ealing on 16 June 1894 and served with the University of Leeds O.T.C. from August 1914. Appointed to a commission as Second Lieutenant, 2/5th West Yorkshire Regiment in March 1915, Harris served in France with the 1st Battalion from 6 October 1916 and was wounded in the left arm at Loos on 11 April 1917; struck by a bomb fragment, the piece of metal was extricated at No. 33 Casualty Clearing Station. Placed on sick leave, Harris returned home to England and served with the 5th (Reserve) Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment at Clipstone. Appointed Instructor West Riding (Reserve) Brigade Signal School at Rugeley in February 1918, he was disembodied on 15 January 1919.

Recalled from the Reserve of Army Officers in 1939, Harris was appointed Lieutenant in the Royal Army Pay Corps 21 September 1939. Sent to the R.P.O. Reading and R.P.O. Leeds, he was raised Temporary Major and Staff Paymaster, C.P.O. Southern Command, Salisbury, on 24 October 1942. Released from further military service 23 August 1945, Harris died at his home in Horsell, Woking, on 24 August 1966.