Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Lieutenant C. G. Lamb, No. 3 Mountain Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery, who was Mentioned in Despatches for Afghanistan 1919

British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. C. G. Lamb.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lieut. C. G. Lamb. R.G.A.) edge prepared prior to naming; Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (520. Sjt. C. G. Lamb. R.A.) mounted as worn, contact marks, generally very fine (4) £240-£280

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The David Laban Collection of Territorial Force War Medal Groups.

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M.I.D. London Gazette 3 August 1920.

Charles Grey Lamb was born in Sunderland, Durham, on 5 November, 1895. He served during the Great War in the Royal Garrison Artillery (Special Reserve) and was commissioned Second Lieutenant on 1 June 1918. He was promoted Lieutenant in October 1919 and was awarded the India General Service Medal for service with No. 3 Mountain Battery R.G.A. His T.F.W.M. was a late issue in 1930. He died in Sunderland in January 1976.