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Auction: 23001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 181

Five: Captain (QM), late Regimental Sergeant-Major A. E. Thompson, Royal Armoured Corps, who was wounded and 'mentioned' during the Second World War

1939-45 Star; Africa Star, clasp, 8th Army; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Army L.S. & G.C., Regular Army, G.VI.R. (7870797 W.O.Cl.I. A. E. Thompson. R. Tank C.), mounted as worn, verdigris spot to the Africa Star, otherwise good very fine (5)

Albert Edward Thompson was born at Peckham in 1901 and was a gas fitter upon his joining the Royal Tank Corps at Whitehall on 30 July 1919. By the time of the Second World War, he was commissioned Lieutenant (QM) on 8 December 1940 and he earned a 'mention' for the Middle East (London Gazette 6 January 1944, refers). Thompson was wounded in action on 21 October 1944 and discharged on account of disability on 8 November 1945; sold together with miniature riband bar, Army Council slip confirming '6' awards and R.T.R. cap Badge.

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Sold for
£200

Starting price
£110