Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Attributed to Major C. E. Tearne, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, who was Mentioned in Despatches
1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, in named card box of issued, addressed to ‘Maj. C. E. Tearne, 89 Ember Lane, Esher, Surrey’, extremely fine

Five: Attributed to R. H. Durrant, Royal Air Force
1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, in named Air Ministry card box of issued, addressed to ‘R. H. Durrant, Esq., 28 Sherborne Avenue, Ipswich, Suffolk’, extremely fine

Three: Attributed to J. E. Williams
1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf [Note: M.I.D. unconfirmed], with Army Council enclosure, in named R.A.S.C. and A.C.C. card box of issued, addressed to ‘Mr. J. E. Williams, 19 Canterbury Road, Rock Ferry, Birkenhead, Cheshire.’, extremely fine (13) £70-£90

Charles Ernest Tearne was born at Handsworth, Staffordshire, on 30 April 1900 and was commissioned into the Royal Air Force on 22 November 1918 as an Observer. Too late to see active service, he transferred to the Unemployed List on 12 June 1919. He was granted an emergency commission as a Major in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, on 28 December 1939, and served with them during the Second World War, transferring to the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers on 1 October 1942. For his services in the Mediterranean theatre he was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 21 May 1946). He died at Ewhurst, Surrey, on 28 February 1974.

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