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Auction: 25002 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 39

Seven: Sergeant G. Cawley, Royal Tank Corps, late Private, Royal Sussex Regiment

British War and Victory Medals (2061 Pte. G. Cawley. R. Suss. R.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1935 (2308711 Sjt. G. Cawley. R. Tank C.); Defence Medal 1939-45; Jubilee 1935; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. crowned head issue, Regular Army (2308711 Sjt. G. Cawley. R. Tank C.); Police Exemplary Service Medal, E.II.R. (Const. George Cawley), together with scarce E.VIII.R. War Department cap Badge and Worthing Council Medal, named to recipient, very fine (Lot)

George Cawley was born at Paddington, London in 1897 and during the Great War served with the 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment and the Royal Engineers. A motor mechanic by trade, he joined the Royal Tank Corps at Chichester in November 1922. Cawley served with the 2nd Light Tank Company on the North West Frontier in 1935 (Medal & clasp), the 1935 Jubilee with the 11th Armoured Car Company and was discharged in March 1937. He thence joined the War Department Constabulary and Police Force; sold together with copied research.

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Estimate
£300 to £500

Starting price
£240