1939/45, Africa & Italy Stars all unnamed as issued, Defence & War Medals all unnamed as issued &Territoiral Efficiency Medal named LT L T HOLMES MANCH. Mounted on a bar for wear.
Leonard Taylor Holmes born on 3 Dec 1913 at Wallasey, Liverpool. He was a bank clerk at the Westminster Bank, residing at Cheam, Surrey when WW2 started. He enlisted into the Royal Regiment of Artillery (T.A.) on 24 April 1939, with service No. 1457604. He was mobilised and posted as Gunner to 312th (City of London) AA Battery, R.A. In July 1940 he was selected for officer training and sent to 133 AA Officer Cadet Training Unit. On 12 December 1940 he was posted as Second Lieutenant to the 81st Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA, on the Orkney and Shetland Defences. He was promoted Temporary Captain on 6 August 1943 and served in 21 AA Brigade in North Africa and Italy. In July 1944 he was posted to Middle East Infantry Training Depot pending transfer to the Manchester Regiment, but was posted for duty to the King’s Own Royal Regiment. He briefly held the acting rank of Major between August & October 1945. He joined the Army Emergency Reserve as an officer in the Royal Army Pay Corps as Lieutenant and Paymaster from the Manchester Regiment on 17 April 1956. He was awarded his Efficiency Medal (Territorial) in the London Gazette on 28 September 1956, and relinquished his commission in the Army Emergency Reserve on 3 December 1968. He died on 15 May 1989, his occupation noted as retired bank manager.
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