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Auction: 9033 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 30

The Second World War 1945 B.E.M. Group of Five to Sergeant W.D. Handley, Royal Artillery a) British Empire Medal, Military Division, G.VI.R. (4537603 Sgt. William D. Handley. R.A.) b) 1939-1945 Star c) France and Germany Star d) Defence and War Medals, contact marks, very fine or better, mounted as worn (5) Estimate £ 250-300 B.E.M. London Gazette 10.4.1945 No. 4537603 Sergeant William Daybell Handley, Royal Artillery. The recommendation states: ´One of the best Detachment Commanders in the Regiment. Wherever this N.C.O. has commanded, the man-management, technical efficiency of the equipment, and care and maintenance work have been of the highest possible standard. His personal enthusiasm for every job given to him and his unbounded loyalty have been and example to everyone with whom he comes into contact. As a pre-Searchlight infantry soldier of the 6th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (TA) he has served since the conversion of the Unit to Searchlights, and during this period he has made himself an expert on all the equipment which it has been his duty to command. A first class N.C.O. in all respects.´ 4537603 Sergeant William Daybell Handley, B.E.M. served during the Second World War with 49th Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery.

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