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Auction: 26003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 156

The fine campaign group of seven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel C. W. Stevens, Royal Indian Army Service Corps, late 1/28th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Artists Rifles), who was killed in action in the Banda Straight off Singapore on 16 February 1942 and was posthumously 'mentioned'

1914 Star, clasp (1640 Pte. C. W. Stevens. 1/28 Lond: R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. C. W. Stevens.); India General Service 1908-35, 4 clasps, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919, Waziristan 1919-21, North West Frontier 1930-31, Mohmand 1933 (Capt. C. W. Stevens, I.A.S.C.), private rivets and cotton between clasps; 1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; War Medal 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, very fine (7)

The most senior Royal Indian Army Service Corps casualty for the Far East in the Second World War. The unit could count half a dozen Lieutenant-Colonels who died during the conflict and one Brigadier - but few were combat casualties.

M.I.D. London Gazette 19 December 1946 (Malaya).

Cyril Walter Stevens was born on 4 August 1893, was educated at Watford Grammar School and served in France with the Artists Rifles from 26 October 1914. Commissioned into the Scottish Rifles in March 1915, he served with the 93rd Burma Infantry and was advanced Captain before joining the Indian Army. Seeing wide service in India and its North West Frontier, by the outbreak of the Second World War he had been advanced Lieutenant-Colonel in January 1941. With the advance of the Japanese forces on Singapore, Stevens was with the 5/8th Punjab Regiment and was killed by enemy action in the Banda Straight on 16 February 1942, aged 48. He is commemorated on the Singapore Memorial.

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Estimate
£300 to £500

Starting price
£240