A Fine WWII North Africa & Italy Campaigns Group of 7 awarded to Lieutenant Colonel Robert Craig Mayhew MBE TD, 9th (Londonderry) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, late 6th (Territorial) Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment (Birmingham) (TA), comprising: The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Military Division, Member’s Breast Badge (MBE), 2nd Type, in frosted silver with Royal Mint box of issue, 1939-1945 Star, Africa Star with clasp ‘8th Army’, Italy Star, Defence & War Medals, 1939-1945, with MID bronze oak leaf, Efficiency Decoration, GRI, Territorial clasp (reverse engraved 1944), medals unnamed as issued, group mounted on bar with reverse pin for wear. Toned, extremely fine. (7) By family repute a direct descendant of William Huskisson MP (associate of the Duke of Wellington, and the very first person reported as having been killed by a locomotive), Colonel Robert Craig Mayhew attended Wrekin College and was Cadet CQMS at that school, later receiving his first commission through the OTC as 2nd Lieutenant with the 6th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment on the 21st of December 1928. He was promoted to Lieutenant in 1931 and Captain in 1936, during which year he was transferred to the Royal Artillery. He served for several years with the 190th Anti-Aircraft Battery (under the 69th Royal Warwickshire Regiment Anti-Aircraft Brigade), and was mobilized for service in WWII on the 24th of August 1939. His active WWII service with the 190th AA Battery saw him travel first to Malta and then through North Africa whilst fighting with the 8th Army, including the famous actions at Tobruk and El-Alamein in late 1942. He received regular promotion for his service, and having reached the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, he was transferred to the position of Commanding Officer with the 9th (Londonderry) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RA, on the 30th of June 1944 - a position he would hold until October 1945. During this period, he took part in the Allied push up through Italy. He retired from the TA on the 12th of June 1965, having attained the limit of age for the Officer Reserve, and returned to civilian life with the family law firm (believed to be Harold Mayhew & Co., Birmingham). Sold with a quantity of research, and original War Office letter releasing him from active WWII duty and confirming his rank as Lieutenant-Colonel.
A Fine WWII North Africa & Italy Campaigns Group of 7 awarded to Lieutenant Colonel Robert Craig Mayhew MBE TD, 9th (Londonderry) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, late 6th (Territorial) Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment (Birmingham) (TA), comprising: The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Military Division, Member’s Breast Badge (MBE), 2nd Type, in frosted silver with Royal Mint box of issue, 1939-1945 Star, Africa Star with clasp ‘8th Army’, Italy Star, Defence & War Medals, 1939-1945, with MID bronze oak leaf, Efficiency Decoration, GRI, Territorial clasp (reverse engraved 1944), medals unnamed as issued, group mounted on bar with reverse pin for wear. Toned, extremely fine. (7) By family repute a direct descendant of William Huskisson MP (associate of the Duke of Wellington, and the very first person reported as having been killed by a locomotive), Colonel Robert Craig Mayhew attended Wrekin College and was Cadet CQMS at that school, later receiving his first commission through the OTC as 2nd Lieutenant with the 6th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment on the 21st of December 1928. He was promoted to Lieutenant in 1931 and Captain in 1936, during which year he was transferred to the Royal Artillery. He served for several years with the 190th Anti-Aircraft Battery (under the 69th Royal Warwickshire Regiment Anti-Aircraft Brigade), and was mobilized for service in WWII on the 24th of August 1939. His active WWII service with the 190th AA Battery saw him travel first to Malta and then through North Africa whilst fighting with the 8th Army, including the famous actions at Tobruk and El-Alamein in late 1942. He received regular promotion for his service, and having reached the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, he was transferred to the position of Commanding Officer with the 9th (Londonderry) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RA, on the 30th of June 1944 - a position he would hold until October 1945. During this period, he took part in the Allied push up through Italy. He retired from the TA on the 12th of June 1965, having attained the limit of age for the Officer Reserve, and returned to civilian life with the family law firm (believed to be Harold Mayhew & Co., Birmingham). Sold with a quantity of research, and original War Office letter releasing him from active WWII duty and confirming his rank as Lieutenant-Colonel.
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