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Auction: 22001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 496

(x) Five: Captain L. A. S. Thomas, 2/9th Infantry, Indian Army

British War Medal 1914-20 (Lieut. L. A. S. Thomas.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1919-21 (Capt L. A. S. Thomas. I.A.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (Lieut. I. A. S. Thomas.); War Medal 1939-45 (213727 L. A. S. Thomas); Africa Service Medal 1939-45 (213727 L. A. S. Thomas), these last two with officially impressed naming, note first initial on the G.S.M., very fine (5)

Lancelot Arthur Smith Thomas was born at Stourbridge in 1892 and had his British War Medal - confirmed as sole entitlement- named in the rank of Lieutenant, sent to him at Penrhyn, Hedley Road, Stourbridge on 11 July 1923. He is noted as having travelled to Australia in 1924, at which point he is listed as having retired from the Army and latterly found his way to Africa.

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Sold for
£320

Starting price
£140