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Auction: 15002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 94

Four: Lieutenant-Colonel A.T.G. Lockyer-Nibbs, Essex Home Guard, Late London Regiment and Army Cyclist Corps
1914-15 Star (1768 L.Cpl. A.G. Nibbs. 6/Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. A.T.G. Lockyer-Nibbs.); Defence Medal, BWM darkly toned, very fine or better, with Territorial Force Imperial Service Badge, and cloth unit insignia

Three: Major H.P. Turner, Essex Home Guard, Late Essex Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (Lt. H.P. Turner.); Defence Medal, good very fine

One: Private C.W. Stevens, Essex Home Guard
Defence Medal, extremely fine, with the recipient's named Home Guard Service Certificate and two group photographs

One: Private J.A.C. Fairweather, Essex Home Guard
Defence Medal, extremely fine, with Army Council enclosure and named card box of issue, addressed to 'Mr. W.A.C. Fairweather, "Beverley", Lilford Road, Billericay, Essex'

One: Private I.D. Steer, Essex Home Guard
Defence Medal, nearly extremely fine, with named card box of issue, addressed to 'Mr. I.D. Steer, Cambridge House, Rettendon Common, Chelmsford, Essex'; and cloth unit insignia

One: Private W.G. Truby, Essex Home Guard
Defence Medal, very fine, with Army Council enclosure and named card box of issue, addressed to 'Mr. W.G. Truby, 33 Waldegrave Gdns, Upminster, Essex' (11)

Lieutenant-Colonel Albert Thomas George Lockyer-Nibbs, born Nibbs, and assumed the surname Lockyer-Nibbs, 1917; enlisted in the London Regiment and served with the 6th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 15.3.1915; Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Army Cyclist Corps, 17.8.1915; promoted Lieutenant, London Regiment, 1.7.1917; subsequently served with the 1st (Wickford) Battalion, Essex Home Guard; promoted Captain, 14.1.1946; Major, 1.10.1946; Lieutenant-Colonel, 1.1.1949; appointed to the Command of 7th Essex Army Cadet Force, 1.1.1949; retired, 30.9.1951.

Major Harold Percival Turner, born Colchester, Essex, December 1888; Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Essex Regiment, 25.10.1916; served with the 5th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and commanded a platoon of the 13th Battalion for the attack on Oppy Village, on the night of 28.4.1917; wounded and taken Prisoner of War in the attack; promoted Lieutenant, 25.4.1918; repatriated, 6.12.1918; promoted Major, 15.1.1943, and served with the 8th (Colchester) Battalion, Essex Home Guard

Private Cecil William Stevens served with the 5th (Brentwood) Battalion, Essex Home Guard, 18.6.1940 - 20.12.1944.

Private J.A.C. Fairweather served with the 1st (Wickford) Battalion, Essex Home Guard.

Private I.D. Steer served with the 2nd (Maldon) Battalion, Essex Home Guard.

Private W.G. Truby served with the 4th (Romford) Battalion, Essex Home Guard.

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