Medals & Coins, Arms & Armour - 27 Nov 2024
Three medals attributable to Captain Stanley Protheroe, Royal Welch Fusiliers: Defence Medal and War
Three medals attributable to Captain Stanley Protheroe, Royal Welch Fusiliers: Defence Medal and War Medal 1939-45, mounted for wearing, nearly extremely fine; Army Emergency Reserve Decoration, reverse dated 1966, in Royal Mint case of issue, extremely fine, [3]; together with a quantity of insignia and ephemera.
(Round medals 36mm diameter)
E.R.D. London Gazette 14/01/1966
Enlisted and served in the ranks from the 27th of June 1940 to the 22nd of February 1941, before being discharged to a commission in the following month. Served in 12th, 70th and 31st battalions R.W.F., and in a posting at the Primary Training Centre. Concluded his service in the Infantry Records Offices and was released on the 1st of January 1949.