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Auction: 25112 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 532

(x) Four: Gunner R. C. S. Folley, 86th (Hertfordshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, late Wiltshire Regiment

1939-1945 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-1945, very fine (4)

Ronald Carl Stephen Folley was born on 13 March 1911 and was a resident of Cardiff. He was an Accountant before he was called up for military service on 19 September 1942, his regimental number is for the Wiltshire Regiment however he served as a Plotter and was attached to 443/133 LAA Regiment Royal Artillery. He later transferred to the 86th Hertfordshire Yeomanry Field Regiment, whom landed at Gold Beach on D-Day 6 June 1944 and was transferred to the Army Reserve on 2 November 1946.

The lot comes with the following archive:

i)
Soldier's Release Book.

ii)
Certificate of Transfer to the Army Reserve.

iii)
Soldier's Service Pay Book.

iv)
Leave Pass for 10 -12 December 1944, noting the nearest hospital as Princess de Ligne 63 Rue de la Loi

v)
Army Welfare Services Gift Shop Brussels chit

vi)
Supplementary Clothing Book

vii)
Army Welfare Service 'Capital Cocktail' variety programme.

Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.

Sold for
£35

Starting price
£30