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Six: Lieutenant-Colonel K. V. Mead, Royal Engineers British War and Victory Medals Lieut. K. V. Mead.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; Efficiency Decoration, G.V.R., Territorial, silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar, mounted court-style for wear, good very fine (6) £160-£200 --- Kenneth Victor Mead was born in Portsmouth in 1897 and was educated at Taunton School and St. Thomas’s Hospital, London. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Hampshire (Fortress) Company, Royal Engineers (Territorial Force) on 11 November 1915, and was promoted Lieutenant on 1 June 1916. He served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 19 July 1918, and was promoted Captain on 14 May 1924, and Brevet Major on 1 January 1932. He was awarded the Efficiency Decoration in 1936 (London Gazette 25 February 1936), and was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel on 14 May 1938. He saw further service during the Second World War, and ceased to belong to the Territorial Army Reserve of Officers on 7 March 1953. In civilian life he was a medical practitioner in Southsea. Sold with copied research, which confirms the award of the Coronation Medal.
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Six: Lieutenant-Colonel K. V. Mead, Royal Engineers British War and Victory Medals Lieut. K. V. Mead.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; Efficiency Decoration, G.V.R., Territorial, silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar, mounted court-style for wear, good very fine (6) £160-£200 --- Kenneth Victor Mead was born in Portsmouth in 1897 and was educated at Taunton School and St. Thomas’s Hospital, London. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Hampshire (Fortress) Company, Royal Engineers (Territorial Force) on 11 November 1915, and was promoted Lieutenant on 1 June 1916. He served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 19 July 1918, and was promoted Captain on 14 May 1924, and Brevet Major on 1 January 1932. He was awarded the Efficiency Decoration in 1936 (London Gazette 25 February 1936), and was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel on 14 May 1938. He saw further service during the Second World War, and ceased to belong to the Territorial Army Reserve of Officers on 7 March 1953. In civilian life he was a medical practitioner in Southsea. Sold with copied research, which confirms the award of the Coronation Medal.
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