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Auction: 20003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 452

Five: Private G. Reeves, South Wales Borderers

1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45 Star; General Service Medal 1918-62, 1 clasp, S.E. Asia 1945-46 (5575534 Pte. G. Reeves. S.W.B.), good very fine (5)

George Reeves, a native of Market Street, Devizes, Wiltshire, was a carpenter and joiner upon being called up for Active Service on 24 June 1940. He served in Burma with the South Wales Borderers in Burma and South-East Asia, serving with the Devonshire Regiment for a month in 1946. Reeves was returned home in June 1946 and was discharged on 7 September 1946; sold together with section of Army Book, Certificate of Transfer to Army Reserve, Release Leave Certificate, Telegram sent home upon landing at Southampton and Service Edition Gospel of St John.

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Sold for
£180

Starting price
£50