A 14th Army 'Gunners' Burma campaign & long service medal group of 5: Sergeant Bruce Lee, Royal Regiment of Artillery

- The 1939 - 1945 Star. No clasp
- The Burma Star. No clasp
- Defence Medal
- War Medal
- Efficiency Medal. GV1 'first' issue with bar 'Territorial' (1467500 Sgt B Lee , R.A.)

Medals verification: The campaign medal rolls for the British Army in the Second World War are not accessible in the public domain as of writing. However all 4 x campaign medals in the Burma Star quartet were recorded as entitled per the recipients extant Medal Index Card, which showed that all 4 x campaign medals were issued to the recipient on, 16 March 1949, and sent to:

61 Dalefield Road
Normanton
Yorks

The West Yorkshire Electoral Registers (1840-1962) records Bruce Lee (of Normanton) as a serviceman (absent voter) in the Armed Forces as of 30 June 1945. As from 1947-62, Bruce is recorded living with his wife Jenny at, 61 Dalefied Road, Normanton, Yorkshire, England

The Royal Artillery enlistment registers, and 'Tracer Cards' indicate that Bruce Lee attested for the British Army in 1938, with date of enlistment recorded as 1 May 1939, on which date he was posted to the Royal Garrison Artillery of the Royal Regiment of Artillery, being allocated the unique Army Number 1467500, from the block of 1400001-1842000 of army numbers that had been allocated to the Royal Garrison Artillery in 1920. His extant 'Tracer Card' shows that on enlistment he was posted to the 210th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Training Regiment, Royal Regiment of Artillery. Prior to embarking for overseas service, Bruce married Jenny Gledhill at Lower Agbrigg, Yorkshire, England, sometime during the third quarter of 1941. Bruce survived the Second World War and later transferred to the Army Reserve on, 7 July 1946

Bruce Lee, son of William Lee (Coal Miner at Airdale Colliery, Castleford) and Doris Lee (nee Hopton) was a native of Castleford, Pontefract,Yorkshire, England, where he was born on 12 March 1920. At the time of the compilation of the National Census for England and Wales in 1921, Bruce Lee is shown living with his parents at his maternal grandparents place of residence located at 27 Crowther Street, Castleford, Yorkshire. Bruce Lee is recorded to have died at Leeds, Yorkshire, England on, 5 February 2008

Condition: GVF

Code: 24541