Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Warrant Officer R. B. Bayley, Royal Army Pay Corps, later an in-Pensioner, Royal Hospital, Chelsea

Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, Regular Army (1040994 Sjt. R. B. Bayley. R.A.P.C.) mounted as worn, edge bruise to last, otherwise good very fine (3) £40-£50

Reginald Bertram Bayley was born at Devonport on 28 August 1902 and attested for the Royal Field Artillery on 20 October 1916, aged 14. Too young to be deployed overseas during the Great War, he subsequently transferred to the Royal Army Pay Corps. He served at home during the Second World War, and died an in-Pensioner of the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, on 12 February 1980.

Sold with a brown leather strap, inscribed ‘1020122 Q.M.S. Artificer RA Bayley C’; and copied research.