Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Six: Warrant Officer Class 2 W. F. Harvey, Queen’s Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards)

1939-45 Star Africa Star, clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals, these unnamed; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (406719 W.O. Cl. 2, Bays) some contact marks, very fine (6) £90-120

William Frederick George Harvey was born on 17 April 1913. A Barman by occupation, he enlisted into the Cavalry of the Line at Colchester on 26 January 1933. Served with the Cavalry and Royal Armoured Corps in the B.E.F., 19 May-17 June 1940; in the Middle East, September 1941-September 1943; British North African Force, September 1943-June 1945; Middle East Land Forces, May-December 1947 and British Army of the Rhine, November 1949-November 1952. As a Warrant Officer Class 2 he was discharged on 25 January 1955 on the termination of his period of engagement.

With original Soldier’s Record and Pay Book; Regular Army Certificate of Service booklet; Official Secrets Act Declaration Form, signed 4 January 1955; the booklet A Short History of The Queen’s Bays, 1939-1945; and riband bars.