Special Collections

Sold on 4 July 2001

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Medals to the Royal Tank Regiment from the Collection of Bill Green

A.W. ‘Bill’ Green

Lot

№ 290

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4 July 2001

Hammer Price:
£140

Pair: Corporal R. Lewis, Royal Tank Regiment

1939-45 Star; War Medal, together with named condolence slip (5184346 Tpr.) and card box of issue, extremely fine £40-50

Corporal Ronald Lewis was lost at sea when the S.S. Lancastria was dive-bombed and sunk off St Nazaire on 17 June 1940. He is commemorated by name on the Dunkirk Memorial.