Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Signalman M. Edwards, Royal Signals, who was Mentioned in Despatches in 1944
1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, in O.H.M.S. card box of issue addressed to ‘Mr. M. Edwards, 34 Heathland Road, London, N16.’, good very fine

Five: Signalman E. J. Read, Royal Signals, who served as a Wireless Operator in North Africa and Italy
1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 1st Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with two card identity discs, both impressed ‘Read E. J. C.E. 2345670’, very fine (9) £100-£140

Myrddin Edwards was born in Tylorstown, Glamorgan, on 23 November 1919. A sales progress clerk, he attested at Catterick for the Royal Signals on 23 May 1940. Raised Lance Corporal on 17 December 1943, he was later Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 6 April 1944). Attached to the 4th Indian Divisional Signals, he was promoted Lance Sergeant on 27 August 1945 and discharged to Army Reserve in September 1946.

Sold with the recipient’s original Soldier’s Service and Pay Book; a letter from the War Office enclosing oak leaf emblem; Certificate of Transfer to Army Reserve; a fine mid-1950s Irish Driving Permit; and various photographs of the recipient and family.

Ethelbert Jack Read attested for the Corps of Royal Signals at Prestatyn on 13 June 1940. An outfitter’s assistant, he was posted to training schools at Liverpool and Thornbury, and completed a wireless course on 20 October 1942. He was demobilised on 26 September 1946.

Sold with an archive of original documentation including the recipient’s Soldier’s Service and Pay Book, this confirming medal entitlement; Soldier’s Release Book; a letter regarding medal entitlement, dated 3 February 1947 and noting his address as Parkstone, Dorset; Notice to join the T.A. for training, dated 14 June 1952; Record of Service Card.