Medals & Coins, Arms & Armour - 23 Nov 2022
Four medals named or attributed to Warrant Officer Harold Edgar George Le Tissier Gange
Four medals named or attributed to Warrant Officer Harold Edgar George Le Tissier Gange, Royal Engineers: Defence Medal and War Medal 1939-45, unnamed as issued; Regular Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, George VI (b) (1865054 C.Q.M. SJT. H. E. G. L. GANGE. R.E.); Meritorious Service Medal, George VI (e) (1865045 W.O. C. 2. H. E. GANGE. R.E.), loose, about extremely fine. [4]
M.S.M. awarded under Army Order 176 December 1951.
Attested in November 1925 as a Boy Soldier (trumpeter) at 14 years, and joined the regular army at 18 years. Posted to Gibraltar with the 1st Fortress Company in March 1939, and returned to the UK with the rank of Company Sergeant Major in October 1942. Offered with much research.