Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Ten: Lieutenant-Colonel A. N. R. Broomfield, Hampshire Heavy Brigade, Royal Artillery

British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. A. N. R. Broomfield.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Pacific Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; Efficiency Decoration, G.V.R., Territorial, silver and silver-gilt, unnamed as issued, with integral top riband bar, mounted as worn, good very fine (10) £200-£240

Archibald Neville Robert Bloomfield was born in 1893 and ‘volunteered for the Royal Garrison Artillery in December 1914, and was engaged on important duties at various stations in England until sent overseas in 1917. He saw much heavy fighting on the Western front and took part in the battle of the Somme and many other important engagements. He was demobilised in December 1919.’ (National Roll of the Great War refers).

Bloomfield was awarded the Efficiency Decoration in 1933 (London Gazette 27 June 1933), and was awarded the Coronation Medal in 1937 whilst Lieutenant-Colonel Commanding, Hampshire Heavy Brigade, Royal Artillery (Territorial Force). He saw further service during the Second World War, and died in Cape Town, South Africa, on 11 June 1973.

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