Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Driver A. S. Howes, Royal Army Service Corps

1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45; together with a XXX Corps Commemorative Medallion 1944-45, bronze, in box of issue, good very fine (5) £70-90

Arthur Southam Howes was born on 10 June 1912 and attested for the Royal Army Service Corps at Staverly on 3 June 1940, a Motor Driver by trade. He served during the Second World War with No. 515 Company, R.A.S.C. in North Africa, 16 August 1941 to 18 September 1943; Italy from 20 September to 22 December 1943; and in North West Europe from 7 June 1944 to 8 May 1945.

Sold with the recipient’s Soldier’s Service and Pay Book; two card identity tags; various Standing Orders for Drivers of Mechanical Vehicles booklets; a large quantity of original photographs; various cap badges and unit insignia; and various other ephemera.