Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private A. F. Wills, Devonshire Regiment

Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Territorial (Pte. A. F. Wills. Devon) mounted for wear, extremely fine (3) £40-£50

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of Peter and Dee Helmore.

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Albert Frederick Wills was born in Exeter in 1921. A Labourer by occupation, he attested at Exeter for the 4th (Territorial) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment on 18 October 1938 and embodied for service with the 10th (Home Duties) Battalion on 3 February 1940, serving on various home service attachments. Declared a deserter on 22 November 1941, he was arrested on 17 February 1942; found guilty of absence without leave, he was sentenced to 70 days’ detention. Posted to the Reserve on 1 August 1946, he was awarded the Efficiency Medal (Territorial) in 1950, and died at Exeter on 12 March 1982, aged 60.

Sold with copied service records; and other research.