A Collection of Awards for the 1939-45 War

Five: Major J. W. P. Lister, Royal Engineers (Bomb & Mine Disposal)

France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Bomb & Mine Clearance 1945-49 (Maj. J. W. P. Lister, R.E.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (1859986 Sjt. J. W. P. Lister, R.E.), mounted as worn, generally good very fine and rare (5) £600-800

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Awards for the 1939-45 War.

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Lister, who was awarded his L.S. & G.C. Medal in AO 231 of 1938, was commissioned as a Lieutenant, R.E. in April 1941, and presumably qualified as a Bomb and Mine Disposal Officer in the U.K. during the War - the absence of a 1939-45 Star reflects less than six months service in the North-West Europe operations, when he was attached to 21st Army Group. Appointed a Temporary Major in January 1946, he is believed to have qualified for his rare Bomb & Mine Clearance clasp for services in 2nd and 4th Bomb Disposal Squadrons, R.E. on the East Coast; sold with copied group photograph of R.E. Staff, H.Q., 21st Army Group, B.A.O.R., including Lister, and some brief research, including some recommended contacts who served with Lister.