Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Army L.S. & G.C. (4), G.V.R., 3rd issue, Regular Army (2) (7733303 W.O. Cl. I. V. H. Robins. R.A.P.C.; 7657405 W.O. Cl. II. W. G. White, R.A.P.C.); E.II.R. (2), 1st issue, Regular Army (5773443 Sgt. A. White. R.A.P.C.); 2nd issue, Regular Army (4699907 Sgt. C. S. Holdway. RAPC.) the first mounted court-style for display alongside the ribands of the British War and Victory Medals; the last mounted court-style for display purposes alongside the ribands of the GSM 1918-62 and Africa General Service 1902-56, generally good very fine and better (4) £100-£140

Vivian Harry Robins was born in Warrington on 4 August 1880. He was called to service on 10 April 1917 and joined the Signal Depot of the Royal Engineers. Posted to East Africa 22 July 1917 he re-mustered as Sapper Telegraph Operator 1 March 1918 and transferred to the Corps of Military Accountants as Warrant Officer 2nd Class 19 June 1920. Appointed Accountant Quartermaster Sergeant at the War Office, he joined the Royal Army Pay Corps in 1925 and was awarded the Army L.S. & G.C. Medal under Army Order 198 of 1935.

William George White was born in Holborn on 9 July 1889. he enlisted in London for the Army Pay Corps 4 November 1914 and served with the 12th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment in Egypt from February 1917 to May 1918. Returned to the Army Pay Corps at Wimereux 25 February 1919, White served in Shanghai and Hong Kong, and was later awarded the Army L.S. & G.C. Medal in April 1933.

Alfred George White was born on 30 June 1917 and originally enlisted in the Royal Norfolk Regiment. Posted to the 4th Battalion in Malaya, he was reported as missing 15 February 1942 and was later confirmed as a Japanese Prisoner of War. Liberated 2 September 1945, he served at the C.P.O. Western Command from January 1958 and was discharged from the Royal Army Pay Corps on 6 June 1961; he died at Stoke-on-Trent in 1986.

Cyril Stephen Holdway was born in Forest Gate on 1 December 1929 and served with the 1st Battalion, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry as part of the BAOR. He qualified Clerk 1st Class, Royal Army Pay Corps 21 February 1956 and was taken on strength of No. 77 (Motorised Transport), R.A.S.C. at Nairobi on 23 March 1956. Transferred to Malta and Libya, he was discharged in 1973.

Sold with a copy Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (23825876 W.O.II. W. G. J. Stracgan. RAPC.); and copied research.