Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Lieutenant G. L. Hills, Royal Army Pay Corps
Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (Lt. G. L. Hills. R.A.P.C.) nearly extremely fine

Three: Staff Sergeant R. P. Dyer, Royal Army Pay Corps, late Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry
Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Militia (7658383 S.Sjt. R. P. Dyer. R.A.P.C.) court mounted for display alongside the ribands of the BWM and VM, nearly extremely fine

Three: Corporal E. V. Murkin, Royal Army Pay Corps
Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (6897869 Cpl. E. V. Murkin. R.A.P.C.) the last lacking riband, nearly extremely fine (9) £100-£140

George Lloyd Hills was born in Croydon on 9 January 1903 and was appointed to an Emergency Commission in the Royal Army Pay Corps on 26 April 1941. Appointed Lieutenant & paymaster 26 October 1942, he was admitted to Military Hospital dangerously ill on 21 July 1943. Sent to Fulford Hospital in York, he recovered and was awarded the Efficiency Medal on 14 October 1949.

Richard Percival Dyer was born in Delabole, Cornwall, on 28 March 1897. He enlisted in the 1/5th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry on 5 February 1914 and served in France from 21 May 1916. Disembodied upon demobilisation 9 April 1919, Dyer enlisted at Hounslow for the Royal Army Pay Corps in November 1934 and served at Stockport, Bradford and Leeds during the Second World War. Awarded the Efficiency Medal 8 March 1944, he died at St. Leonard’s Hospital on 1 February 1979, his profession recorded as Post Office Clerk.

Ernest Victor Murkin was born in Peckham on 22 November 1919 and served with the Royal Army Pay Corps from 12 November 1942. He died at King’s College Hospital in Denmark Hill on 27 February 1980, his profession recorded as School Teacher (retired).