Efficiency Medal. GVI 1st issue with 'Territorial' bar (2066586. Sjt. C. C. Garner R.A.)

The recipient had first enlisted into the Royal Engineers of the British Army, and later transferred to the Royal Regiment of Artillery

The recipient's unique Army Number is from the block 1842001-2303000 that was allocated to the Royal Engineers in 1920, and awarded sequentially to recruits to that regiment through to circa 1941

Sergeant Charles Cyril Garner took his final discharge from the British Army on, 17 October 1945. His discharge unit of the British Army was 495th Battery 147 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment of the Royal Regiment of Artillery. He was sent his WW2 campaign medals on, 30 August 1948, using the below postal address:

Slack Lane
Peak Dale
Via Stock Port
Cheshire

Note: Charles Cyril Garner, son of Charles Garner (a Grocer's Assistant) and Martha Ellen Garner, was a native of Peak Dale, Derbyshire, England, where he was born on, 29 December 1910, at which time the family lived at Forest View Terrace, Peak Dale, Derbyshire. He died sometime during the second quarter of 1991, his death being registered at Stockport, Cheshire, England

Condition: About VF

Code: 24472