Military Long Service & Good Conduct Medal. GVI, second issue with 'Regular Army' bar (794965 W.O. Cl. 2 E. H. W. K. Cole. R.E.M.E.)

Note: First 2 x digits only of recipients unique army number with official corrections - exactly as issued

Eric Harold William Kervell Cole, son of Henry John Cole (a Shipwright) and Kate Rose Cole (nee Kervell), was a native of Portsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, where he was born on, 21 September 1914. At the time of his baptism on 22 November 1914, the family residence was located at, 16 Drummond Road, Portsea, Hampshire. Eric attested for the British Army on 3 September 1929, on which date he was posted to the Royal Regiment of Artillery and given the unique Army Number '794965'. Royal Artillery records show that he served 10 years with the Gunners, until joining the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, on 4 September 1939. Sometime during the third quarter of 1938, Eric married, Marjorie Scott Vant, in Surrey, England. The death of Eric H. W. K. Cole, in Surrey, England, was recorded during the month of February 1987

Condition: About EF

Code: 21845