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Auction: 15002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 289

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Pair: Private C. Osborne, Essex Regiment
Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, six clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (2891 Pte. C. Osborne, 1: Essex Regt.); King's South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (2891 Pte. C. Osborne. Essex Regt.), toned, minor edge bruising, nearly very fine, with the recipient's Record of Service Book and three Parchment Certificates of Discharge

Five: Gunner A. Osborne, Royal Artillery
1939-1945 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals; Imperial Service Medal, E.II.R. (Alan Osborne), in Royal Mint case of issue, very fine, with the recipient's card identity tags and Soldier's Release Book (7)

2891 Private Charles Osborne, born Saffron Walden, Essex, 1872; enlisted in the Essex Regiment, April 1890; served with the 1st Battalion in South Africa; discharged, August 1902, after 12 years and 113 days with the Colours.

I.S.M. London Gazette 3.12.1965 Osborne, Alan, Postman, Higher Grade, Saffron Walden, General Post Office, Home Civil Service

11061112 Gunner Alan Osborne, born Saffron Walden, Essex, 26.10.1905, the son of Private Charles Osborne; employed in civilian life as a Postman; served during the Second World War with the 40th (Sherwood Foresters) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery on Home Defence duties as a Gunner and driver from 14.8.1941; served post-D-Day in North West Europe, mainly in Belgium and Holland, with the 149 (Sherwood Foresters) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery shooting down V1 and V2 rockets, for which his unit was awarded the Belgian Croix de Guerre; discharged, 16.12.1945; after the War resumed his career with the Post Office; retired, November 1965.

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