Campaign Groups and Pairs 527 Six: Regimental Sergeant Major H. Reid, 2nd Battalion, London Irish Rifles (The Royal Ulster Rifles)


1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 1st Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (7009295 W.O. Cl. 1. H. Reid. R.U. Rif.) contact marks overall, nearly very fine (6)


£140-£180


Hugh Reid was born in Portaferry, County Down in August 1903. He attested for the Royal Ulster Rifles in February 1923, and served with the 1st Battalion in Germany, Egypt, Hong Kong and India. Reid advanced to Sergeant in 1937, and transferred to the 2nd Battalion, London Irish Rifles in 1939. He served with the Battalion during the Second War as part of the 38th (Irish) Brigade, 6th Armoured Division in North Africa from November 1942. Reid served as Regimental Sergeant Major with the Battalion during several hard fought actions in Tunisia, during which time it suffered heavy casualties - almost to the point of annihilation. The Battalion was subsequently engaged in Sicily, crossed to the Italian mainland in September 1943, where, among other actions, it fought at Termoli and on the Barbara Line, was present at the crossing of the River Sangro and in the Cassino battle in the Spring of 1944. After a brief period of rest out of the line, it then rejoined the campaign in the Po Valley and fought in the battle for Argenta Gap. Reid later served on the staff of No. 4 & 5 Reception Camp, C.M.F., and was discharged in August 1945, having served for 22 years and 266 days.


Sold with copied research.


528


Six: Trooper N. S. Roach, Royal Tank Regiment, who was wounded on 28 November 1941 during Operation Crusader


1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (5562636. Tpr. N. S. Roach. R. Tks.); Imperial Service Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue (Norman Stanley Roach) mounted as worn in this order, very fine (6)


£120-£160


Norman Stanley Roach was born in Swindon, Wiltshire, in 1902. He served during the Second World War with the 44th Battalion, Royal Tank Regiment, with which he was wounded on 28 November 1941 during Operation Crusader in the Western Desert Campaign. The Battalion had gone to the Middle East in April 1941 and, by the time of Operation Crusader, in November 1941, it was part of 1st Army Tank Brigade, equipped with Valentine tanks and in support of the 2nd New Zealand Division.


Operation Crusader was the designation of a major offensive, undertaken by the 8th Army under Lieutenant-General Sir Alan Cunningham under the overall command of General Sir Claude Auchinleck, to relieve Tobruk. Fought over the period of 18 November 1941 - 6 January 1942, the operation succeeded in its objective and drove the Axis forces back to El Agheila. The Axis lost 38,000 men and 300 tanks to the Allies 18,000 men and 275 tanks.


Roach’s Battalion went on to fight at Gazala, the Cauldron battles, the First Battle of El-Alamein, the Invasion of Sicily, the Italian Campaign and the Normandy Landings. After the war he worked as a Postman in Bristol and was awarded his Imperial Service Medal in 1962 (London Gazette 30 March 1962). He died in Bristol in 1976.


Sold with a Royal Tank Regiment cap badge. 529 Six: Major G. V. Mills, Royal Army Medical Corps


1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Canal Zone (7262769 WO2 G V Mills RAMC); Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (7262769 W. O. Cl.2. G. V. Mills. R.A.M.C.); together with the recipient’s related miniature awards (excluding the GSM), nearly extremely fine (6)


£240-£280


Gordon Victor Mills was born in Aldershot, Hampshire, on 22 February 1921, and joined the Royal Army Medical Corps in 1935. He was advanced Warrant Officer Class II in 1945, and Warrant Officer Class I in 1953. He was commissioned Lieutenant on 27 February 1858, and was promoted Captain on 27 October 1961, and Acting Major on 1 January 1967. He served in West Africa 1943-45; MELF 1949-51; BAOR 1955-58, and FARELF Singapore 1960-63. His final appointment was Administration Officer at Chester.


Sold with the recipient’s riband bars; Major’s cloth rank insignia; and eight photographs.


530


Six: Craftsman G. E. Hoare, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers


1939-45 Star; Africa Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Territorial, with Second Award Bar (6769289 Cfn. G. E. Hoare. R.E.M.E.) mounted for display together with the named card box of issue for the Efficiency Medal; the recipient’s Soldier’s Service and Pay Book; 3 cap badges; and 2 cloth badges, all in a glazed display frame, good very fine (6)


£80-£120


George Edward Hoare was born on 25 May 1912 in Wandsworth, London and enlisted in the Territorial Army on 17 April 1939 into the Department of Engineers. He was initially employed as a Fitter Class III on 28 July 1939, becoming Fitter Class II on 10 October 1941 and Fitter Class I on 5 August 1943, when he could claim the rank of Craftsman. He served overseas with the British Expeditionary Force in France until June 1940, before returning to the U.K. from Dunkirk. He then served in the Middle East from November 1940 to March 1944, and in North West Europe from January to April 1945. He was demobilised in May 1946, but remained in the Territorial Army until 1953.


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