A Collection of Awards for the 1939-45 War

Five: Sergeant W. G. Archer, Royal Army Service Corps, attached West African Army Service Corps (R.W.A.F.F.)

1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals, mounted as worn, together with R.W.A.F.F. cap badge, generally good very fine (6) £40-60

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Awards for the 1939-45 War.

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William Gordon Archer, who was born in February 1918 and a native of Darlington, enlisted in the Royal Army Service Corps in October 1939 and was advanced to war substantive Sergeant in June 1941. A butcher by profession, he was onetime attached to No. 6 (West African) Field Butchery Section during his operational career in North Africa and Burma; sold with a quantity of original documentation, including the recipient’s Certified Copy of Attestation, Soldier’s Service and Pay Book and Military Motor Vehicle Drivers’ Licence and Orders, together with several wartime photographs.