Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Six: Craftsman G. E. Hoare, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

1939-45 Star; Africa Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Territorial, with Second Award Bar (6769289 Cfn. G. E. Hoare. R.E.M.E.) mounted for display together with the named card box of issue for the Efficiency Medal; the recipient’s Soldier’s Service and Pay Book; 3 cap badges; and 2 cloth badges, all in a glazed display frame, good very fine (6) £80-£120

George Edward Hoare was born on 25 May 1912 in Wandsworth, London and enlisted in the Territorial Army on 17 April 1939 into the Department of Engineers. He was initially employed as a Fitter Class III on 28 July 1939, becoming Fitter Class II on 10 October 1941 and Fitter Class I on 5 August 1943, when he could claim the rank of Craftsman. He served overseas with the British Expeditionary Force in France until June 1940, before returning to the U.K. from Dunkirk. He then served in the Middle East from November 1940 to March 1944, and in North West Europe from January to April 1945. He was demobilised in May 1946, but remained in the Territorial Army until 1953.