Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Collection of Defence Medals attributed to Members of the Warwickshire Home Guard

Defence Medal, attributed to Lieutenant V. G. Beaumont, 50th Battalion, Warwickshire Home Guard, with named Home Guard Service Certificate, good very fine

Defence Medal, attributed to Second Lieutenant R. E. Mills, 46th Battalion, Warwickshire Home Guard, with named Home Guard Service Certificate; and other ephemera, good very fine

Defence Medal, attributed to Sergeant L. R. Cooper, 5th Battalion, Warwickshire Home Guard, with named Commander-in-Chief Certificate of Appreciation; and other ephemera, good very fine

Defence Medal, attributed to Private T. Lewis, 2nd Battalion, Warwickshire Home Guard, with Army Council enclosure and named card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mr. T. Lewis, 4 Old Station Square, Rugby’, good very fine

Defence Medal, attributed to Private H. R. Palmer, 23rd Battalion, Warwickshire Home Guard, with Army Council enclosure and named Home Guard Service Certificate, good very fine

Defence Medal, attributed to Private V. Palmer, 23rd Battalion, Warwickshire Home Guard, with named Home Guard Service Certificate; Home Guard Certificate of Proficiency; and other ephemera, nearly extremely fine

Defence Medal, attributed to Private G. Gilbert, 44th Battalion, Warwickshire Home Guard, with Army Council enclosure and Warwickshire Territorial Army and Air Force Association letter covering the dispatch of the riband addressed to ‘Mr. G. Gilbert, 142 Church Street, Lozells, Birmingham’; and other ephemera, very fine (7) £100-£140

Provenance: Norman Brooks Collection, Spink, July 2015.

Victor Gordon Beaumont served with the 50th (Birmingham Perry Barr) Battalion, Warwickshire Home Guard from 16 July 1940 to 31 December 1944, and was promoted Lieutenant on 6 January 1943.

R. E. Mills served with the 46th (Birmingham Witton) Battalion, Warwickshire Home Guard from June 1940 to 31 December 1944.

L. R. Cooper served with the 5th (Solihull) Battalion, Warwickshire Home Guard.

T. Lewis served with the 2nd (Rugby) Battalion, Warwickshire Home Guard.

Harold Ralph Palmer served with the 23rd (Birmingham Erdington) Battalion, Warwickshire Home Guard from 31 August 1942 to 31 December 1944.

Victor Palmer served with the 23rd (Birmingham Erdington) Battalion, Warwickshire Home Guard from 3 July 1940 to 31 December 1944.

G. Gilbert served with the 44th (Birmingham Handsworth) Battalion, Warwickshire Home Guard.