Five: Major C. J. A. Grove, East Yorkshire Regiment, attached King’s Regiment, who died in Italy on 29 July 1944

India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37 (Capt. C. J. A. Grove. E. York. R.); 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, extremely fine (5) £240-£280

Cecil James Alleyne Grove was born on 21 July 1907, and was educated at Brighton College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the East Yorkshire Regiment on 1 September 1927, and served with the Regiment in India, and during the Second World War. Advanced Major, he was posted on attachment to the King’s Liverpool Regiment, and died in Italy on 29 July 1944. He is buried in Assisi War Cemetery, Italy.