Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria, to include the Brian Ritchie Collection (Part II)

Eight: Lieutenant-Colonel S. C. Askwith, Royal Artillery

British War and Victory Medals (Lieut.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals, mounted as worn, good very fine (8) £100-140

Stephen Charles Askwith was born on 1 December 1898 and entered the Royal Artillery as a Second Lieutenant on 19 February 1916, being promoted Lieutenant in August 1917. He entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 16 December 1917 and served there with the 30th Battery R.F.A. until 25 May 1918 when he was wounded. Remaining in the service after the war, he gained the Certificate of the Long Survey Course at the School of Artillery at Larkhill. Between April 1925 and February 1929 he served with the Royal West African Frontier Force and was promoted Captain in February 1929. Promoted Major in October 1937, he was appointed Instructor in Gunnery at the School of Artillery between November 1935 and October 1937. Serving in various theatres of war during the Second World War, he attained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in June 1944. Askwith retired from the Army on 22 July 1949. Sold with some copied research.