Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (4118220 W.O. Cl. 3 G. S. Blaydes, Ches. R.) good very fine £40-60

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Bill and Angela Strong Medal Collection.

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George Sydney Blaydes was born in Barmouth, Montgomeryshire on 9 August 1903. A Labourer by occupation, he attested for the Cheshire Regiment in Liverpool on 3 February 1923. He served in India, September 1922-December 1930; Malta, November 1931-December 1932; India, December 1932-February 1937 and France, September 1939-June 1940. On 25 August 1941 he was given an Emergency Commission in the Pioneer Corps and was made a War Substantive Lieutenant in September 1941; and Acting Major in May 1942; War Substantive Captain and Temporary Major in August 1942. Blaydes served in Nigeria, February 1943-April 1945 and in the Middle East from April 1945 to his release in December 1945. With copied m.i.c. showing entitlement to 1939-45, Africa Star, Defence and War Medals. Address given as ‘Major G. S. Blaydes, 11 Wedmore Gardens, Upper Holloway, London, N19’. Also entitled to the Jubilee 1935. With copied m.i.c. and service notes.