A WW2 RAF 221 SQUADRON GROUP AWARDED TO A SERGEANT WHO’S WELLINGTON WENT MISSING IN ACTION DURING A SHIPPING STRIKE ON 5/6 JUNE 1942. SOLD WITH HIS FATHERS WW1 MEDALS AND A LARGE AMOUNT OF PAPERWORK ETC RELATING TO THE LATTER WHO WAS A LONG SERVING GRENADIER GUARD MAJOR

1939-45 STAR; AFRICA STAR; WAR MEDAL 1939-45. IN NAMED CARD BOX OF ISSUE AND UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR ENCLOSURE (ARMY).

ADDITIONALLY HIS FATHERS WW1 AND WW2 AWARDS:

BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS ‘10317 SJT. S. A. EVANS. G. GDS.’, DEFENCE MEDAL 1939-45, THESE MOUNTED FOR WEAR. IN NAMED CARD BOX OF ISSUE AND UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR ENCLOSURE. ALONG WITH THE RECIPIENTS MOUNTED MINIATURE MEDAL PAIR.

BOTH FATHER AND SONS CARD BOXES OF ISSUE ADDRESSED TO MAJOR S. A. EVANS.

Sergeant Guy Alfred Evans was one of the crew of Wellington HX634, engaged on an operational shipping strike when their aircraft went missing. Wellington’s of 221 Squadron were engaged in reconnaissance, strike missions and anti-submarine patrols over the Mediterranean. Evans and the rest of the crew are remembered on the Alamein Memorial.

Major Sidney Alfred Evans joined the Grenadier Guards in 1902. During the Great War he served in France between September 1916 and 6 August 1917, having been wounded in action on 28 July 1917. He was back in France between April 1918 to February 1919. How and when he was commissioned and reached the rank of Major is unresearched.

Sold with large amount of paperwork etc relating to the latter who was a long serving Grenadier guard MAJOR:

1945 letter from the Air Ministry relating to War Gratuity to Sgt Guy Evans
1910 cabinet card photo of the then Corporal Evans in Guard dress uniform
Photo circa WW1 of the above in field uniform
1952 Grenadier Guards Queen’s inspection order of ceremony
1947 Grenadier Guards Association ID card to Major Evans as life member
1946 Grenadier Guards Association annual report booklet
Various early 1950’s Grenadier Guards Association annual dinner orders
And other family related documents.

http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RAF/221_wwII.html

Condition GVF. With above mentioned original documents etc and copies of his fathers service papers and 221 Squadron log for the period Evans went missing.