WW1 WW2 Mid Medal Group Lt / Lt Col F R Humphreys RASC Royal Army service Corps

WW1 WW2 Mid Medal Group Lt / Lt Col F R Humphreys RASC Royal Army service Corps

WW1 WW2 Mid Medal Group Lt / Lt Col F R Humphreys RASC Royal Army service Corps

WW1 WW2 Mid Medal Group Lt / Lt Col F R Humphreys RASC Royal Army service Corps

WW1 / WW2 Medals comprising 1915 Star impressed: LIEUT. Later issue – small serifs , British War Medal & Victory Medal impressed CAPT. , 1939-45 star, Africa Star [1st Army Bar], Defence Medal and 1939-45 War Medal with Mentioned in Dispatches Oakleaf. Mounted on bar for wear. Medals in excellent overall condition for age. Francis Robert Humphreys was born on 22.11.1894. Commissioned as 2/Lt on 30.11.1914. Promoted A/Captain & Adjutant from 3.8.1917. Promoted Captain 24.1.1924. Promoted Promoted Major 1.3.1938. Acting Lt-Col from 4.3.1940 – 3.6.1940. Temporary Lt Colonel 4.6.1940. Mentioned in Dispatches 23.9.1943 for service in North Africa [probably for the Tunisian Campaign]. Passenger movements suggest service in the Inter War period in West Africa [1919], Egypt [1927], South Africa [1934]. Army Lists states service in Mauritius, from 24.1.1926 and later C/O of RASC, Mauritius until 1937. 1.8.1938 with Supply Depot, Deptford. 1939 serving as a Major with a Reserve Supply Depot. From 2.7.1941 serving as Lt Col and Assistance Director of Supplies & Transport , South Eastern Command. Unsure of service in France but dates for which A/Lt Col 4.3.1940 – 3.6.1940 suggests this was the period he was with the BEF and evacuated. Served as Lt Col. With 1st Army in North Africa and Italy 1942 – 1945. Please note that the watermark is not on the original postcard image. The item “WW1 WW2 Mid Medal Group Lt / Lt Col F R Humphreys RASC Royal Army service Corps” is in sale since Tuesday, October 30, 2018. This item is in the category “Collectables\Militaria\World War II (1939-1945)\Medals/ Ribbons”. The seller is “bugeye40″ and is located in London. This item can be shipped to all countries in Europe, all countries in continental Asia, United States, Canada, Australia.
  • Country/ Organization: Great Britain
  • Type: Medals & Ribbons
  • Conflict: World War II (1939-1945)
  • Service: Army
  • Era: 1914-1945