A WW2 and post-war South East Asia Group of six with impressive paperwork and photograph archive to Battery Sergeant-Major V. R. Lewis, Royal Artillery, who received a Commander-in-Chief’s Commendation in 1943 for services with the Home Forces, when serving with 553 Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery,.
Six: 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal; WW2 War Medal; General Service Medal 1918, 1 clasp: S. E. Asia 1945-46 (781570 W.O. CL. 1 V. R. LEWIS, R.A.); Regular Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, G.VI.R., Fid. Def. (781570 W.O. CL. 2 V. R. LEWIS, R.A.), mounted as worn
Condition: Good very Fine.
Sold with the recipient’s Soldier’s Service and Pay Book; Regular Army Red Book Certificate of Service; General Headquarters Home Forces, Commander-in-Chief’s certificate of Good Service (B.S.M. V. R. Lewis, R.A., 553 Coast Regt. R.A.), dated 13 Jan 1943; Warrant Officer Warrant, dated 24 Jan 1952; War Office Pension Certificate; Presentation pewter tankard dated 1951, Gibraltar given on the occasion of his retirement.; Personal File containing several official letters and documents, and a leather bound photo album containing numerous photos covering Lewis’s military career together with souvenirs gathered during this time including bank notes, German insignia, post cards and photographs, and some post-war family photos
