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Auction: 15002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 154

A 1944 'Civil Division' M.B.E. Group of Five to Lieutenant L.A. Rhodes, Worcestershire Home Guard, Late County of London Yeomanry and Machine Gun Corps
a) The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 2nd type, Civil Division, Member's (M.B.E.) breast Badge, silver
b) British War and Victory Medals (2009 Pte. L.A. Rhodes. 3-Co. of Lond. Y.)
c) Defence Medal
d) Coronation 1953, nearly extremely fine, with named card box of issue for the Defence Medal, addressed to 'Mr. L.A. Rhodes, Whitwood, Queens Drive, Great Malvern'; card box of issue for the Coronation Medal; the recipient's cap badge, cloth unit insignia, and rank insignia

Three: Private Albert E. Caswell, Worcestershire Home Guard, Late Royal Engineers
British War and Victory Medals (213412 Sapper A.E. Caswell. R.E.); Defence Medal, very fine, with cloth unit insignia

One: Private S. Coldicott, Worcestershire Home Guard
Defence Medal, good very fine, with named Army Council enclosure and card box of issue, addressed to 'Mr. S. Coldicott, "Cornwall Villa", Honeybourne, Evesham, Worcs' (9)

M.B.E. London Gazette 10.6.1944 Leonard Albert Rhodes, Esq., A.M.Inst.C.E., Deputy Engineer, River Severn Catchment Board

Lieutenant Leonard Albert Rhodes, M.B.E. served during the Great War with the County of London Yeomanry and the Machine Gun Corps; promoted Lieutenant, 1.2.1941, and served with the 1st (Worcester City) Battalion, Worcestershire Home Guard.

213412 Private Albert Edward Caswell, enlisted in the Royal Engineers, 15.11.1916; served during the Great War in the 51st Artisan Works Company, R.E.; subsequently served with the 2nd (Bromsgrove) Battalion, Worcestershire Home Guard.

Private S. Coldicott served with the 4th (Evesham) Battalion, Worcestershire Home Guard.

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