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Five: Sergeant C. Colley, Royal Army Medical Corps, who was Mentioned in Despatches
1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, with Army Council enclosure, in named card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mr. C. Colley, 26 Belgrave Cres., Dresden, Longton, Staffs’, extremely fine (5) £80-£100
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M.I.D. London Gazette 23 May 1946:
‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in the Mediterranean Theatre.’
Cyril Colley was born in Longton, Staffordshire, on 10 September 1915 and attested for the Royal Army Medical Corps at Leeds on 16 May 1940. He was promoted Corporal on 19 June 1942, and Sergeant on 8 March 1943, and served with the Royal Army Medical Corps during the Second World War in North Africa and Italy, being Mentioned in Despatches. He died in Stoke-on-Trent in October 1988.
Sold with the recipient’s original M.I.D. Certificate, this mounted in a glazed frame; the recipient’s Soldier’s Service and Pay Book; two War Office letters regarding the M.I.D. oak leaf emblem; and a named St. John Ambulance Association Certificate, together with an accompanying First Aid booklet.
1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, with Army Council enclosure, in named card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mr. C. Colley, 26 Belgrave Cres., Dresden, Longton, Staffs’, extremely fine (5) £80-£100
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M.I.D. London Gazette 23 May 1946:
‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in the Mediterranean Theatre.’
Cyril Colley was born in Longton, Staffordshire, on 10 September 1915 and attested for the Royal Army Medical Corps at Leeds on 16 May 1940. He was promoted Corporal on 19 June 1942, and Sergeant on 8 March 1943, and served with the Royal Army Medical Corps during the Second World War in North Africa and Italy, being Mentioned in Despatches. He died in Stoke-on-Trent in October 1988.
Sold with the recipient’s original M.I.D. Certificate, this mounted in a glazed frame; the recipient’s Soldier’s Service and Pay Book; two War Office letters regarding the M.I.D. oak leaf emblem; and a named St. John Ambulance Association Certificate, together with an accompanying First Aid booklet.
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Five: Sergeant C. Colley, Royal Army Medical Corps, who was Mentioned in Despatches
1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, with Army Council enclosure, in named card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mr. C. Colley, 26 Belgrave Cres., Dresden, Longton, Staffs’, extremely fine (5) £80-£100
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M.I.D. London Gazette 23 May 1946:
‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in the Mediterranean Theatre.’
Cyril Colley was born in Longton, Staffordshire, on 10 September 1915 and attested for the Royal Army Medical Corps at Leeds on 16 May 1940. He was promoted Corporal on 19 June 1942, and Sergeant on 8 March 1943, and served with the Royal Army Medical Corps during the Second World War in North Africa and Italy, being Mentioned in Despatches. He died in Stoke-on-Trent in October 1988.
Sold with the recipient’s original M.I.D. Certificate, this mounted in a glazed frame; the recipient’s Soldier’s Service and Pay Book; two War Office letters regarding the M.I.D. oak leaf emblem; and a named St. John Ambulance Association Certificate, together with an accompanying First Aid booklet.
1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, with Army Council enclosure, in named card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mr. C. Colley, 26 Belgrave Cres., Dresden, Longton, Staffs’, extremely fine (5) £80-£100
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M.I.D. London Gazette 23 May 1946:
‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in the Mediterranean Theatre.’
Cyril Colley was born in Longton, Staffordshire, on 10 September 1915 and attested for the Royal Army Medical Corps at Leeds on 16 May 1940. He was promoted Corporal on 19 June 1942, and Sergeant on 8 March 1943, and served with the Royal Army Medical Corps during the Second World War in North Africa and Italy, being Mentioned in Despatches. He died in Stoke-on-Trent in October 1988.
Sold with the recipient’s original M.I.D. Certificate, this mounted in a glazed frame; the recipient’s Soldier’s Service and Pay Book; two War Office letters regarding the M.I.D. oak leaf emblem; and a named St. John Ambulance Association Certificate, together with an accompanying First Aid booklet.
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