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Auction: 22103 - Orders, Decorations and Medals VII - e-Auction
Lot: 650

A 1946 B.E.M., M.S.M. and Belgian Croix de Guerre group of eight awarded to Battery Sergeant-Major A. H. Crawley, Royal Artillery, later Acting Chief Inspector, War Department Constabulary.

British Empire Medal, G.VI.R., Civil Division (Archibald H. Crawley), officially impressed naming on a pre-prepared ground; 1914-15 Star (25273, Sjt. A. H. Crawley. R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (25273 W.O.Cl.2. A. H. Crawley. R.A.); Defence Medal 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (1402952 W.O.Cl.2. A. H. Crawley. R.A.); Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R. (25273 B.S.Mjr: A. H. Crawley. R.G.A.); Belgium, Kingdom, Croix de Guerre, with Palme upon riband, very fine (8)

B.E.M. London Gazette 1 January 1946:

'Acting Chief Inspector, War Department Constabulary.'

M.S.M. London Gazette 18 January 1919 (France & Flanders).

Belgian Croix de Guerre London Gazette 31 March 1925.

Archibald Henry Crawley served in France with the Royal Garrison Artillery from 23 April 1915 and was decorated by the King of the Belgians whilst with the 16th Siege Battery and added a 'mention' by War's end (London Gazette 7 July 1919, refers). Returned to the fold at home during the Second World War, he rose to be Acting Chief Inspector of the War Department Constabulary.

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