Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

The Defence Medal awarded to W. D. G. Whitfield, Marlow Air Raid Precautions and Civil Defence

Defence Medal, with Home Secretary’s enclosure, in named card box of issue addressed to ‘Mr. W. D. G. Whitfield, “Holcombe”, Claremont Gardens, Marlow, Bucks.’; together with an Acme ‘City’ whistle with corded lanyard; an unusually early hallmarked silver A.R.P. badge (Royal Mint hallmarks for 1936); cloth Civil Defence Insignia including two woven felt ‘Warden’ shoulder badges, ‘Marlow’ woven cloth badge; Civil Defence woven felt round badge; printed Civil Defence armband; and two printed service chevron badges, one with four chevrons and another with single chevron, the badges and armband with adhesive traces suggesting sometime mounted for display, otherwise generally good very fine £60-£80

William David Whitfield was born on 11 August 1876. In 1939 he is recorded as a building works manager, residing at ‘Holcombe’, Claremont Gardens, Marlow, Buckinghamshire.