Four: Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel S. A. C. Pearse, Rhodesian Forces, late Hampshire Regiment

British War and Victory Medals (Capt. S. A. C. Pearse); War Medal 1939-45; Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Southern Rhodesia, the reverse officially engraved, ‘T./Lt. Col. Stanley A. C. Pearse’, very fine and better, scarce to unit(4) £400-£500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of David Lloyd.

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Stanley Arthur Caxton Pearse was appointed a Lieutenant in the Southern Rhodesia Territorials in March 1927, following earlier service in the Hampshire Regiment. Having then served as Adjutant at the School of Cadets, he was placed on the Supernumerary List in January 1931 and the Reserve of Officers in January 1934, and resigned his commission in April 1937. Recalled on the renewal of hostilities, he was appointed a Lieutenant & Adjutant in the 2nd Rhodesia Regiment, but transferred to staff duties in the following year, in which capacity, from late 1943, he served as Southern Rhodesia Military Liaison Officer in Durban. Having been appointed a Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel in May 1944, Pearse was awarded the Efficiency Decoration in January 1946; sold with copied service record.