LOT 657 WORLD WAR II INTEREST: A collection of World War II army off...
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WORLD WAR II INTEREST: A collection of World War II army officer's equipment belonging to Lieutenant Colonel Harry Adrian Loe, primarily relating to his service in the Burma Campaign,prising: General The Viscount Gort's Despatches, B.E.F 1939-40; a British military clasp knife with broad arrow stamp dated 1942; three maps of Bihar and Orissa to a canvas khaki map case dated 1940 and named to Major H.A Lowe; a portable officer's enamel washbasin with brown leather cover inscribed "H.A.L" and paper tag inscribed 'H.Q S&T 11 (EA Division) Mombasa East Africa; a black and white photograph of Loe with Field Marshall Sir William Slim inscribed verso and dated January 1945; a white canvas sack stencilled "Lt. Col. H.A. Loe"; an officer's Sam Browne belt and holster inscribed "H.A. Loe RASC"; and three books by or about Field-Marshal Slimprising DEFEAT INTO VICTORY, ELEPHANT BILL and SLIM; all to a brown leather suitcase inscribed "P/53438 Lt. Col. H.A. Loe R.A.S.C CABIN" (Qty)Service history: -missioned, Royal Army Service Corps - Supplementary Reserve of Officers. - mobilized - 04.1941 - Deputy Assistant Director of Supplies and Transport, Narvik campaign (Norway) - transferred, Regular Army Reserve of Officers [exceeded age limit]1943-1946 -mander of East African Army Service Corps, 11th (East Africa) Division (served in East Africa, from 06.1943 Ceylon, from 06.1944 Burma, from 04.1945 India).Rank -2nd Lt. (); Lt. (); WS/Capt (); T/Maj ( - 04.1941); WS/Maj. (); Maj. (); T/Lt.Col. - ( - 04.1946); Hon. Lt.Col. ()
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