Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Cyprus, Arabian Peninsula, unofficial retaining rod between clasps (22966292 Gnr. D. G. Vine. R.A.) minor official correction to surname, nearly extremely fine £70-£90

Dennis George Vine was born in Steyning, Sussex, on 2 March 1929 and enlisted into the Royal Artillery from the General Service Corps with service number 19158857 on 10 April 1947. He served with 30th Light Anti-Aircraft from 22 May 1947, 30th Heavy Anti-Aircraft from 1 September 1948, and 34th Light Anti-Aircraft (Territorial) from 23 September 1948. He transferred to the Royal Electrical Mechanical Engineers on 1 October 1951 and then back to the Royal Artillery where he was given an 8-digit service number and served in both the Cyprus and Arabian Peninsula campaigns. He died on April 2018