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Family Group: Pair: Special Constable S. Kaye-Lesser Defence Medal; Special...
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Family Group: Pair: Special Constable S. Kaye-Lesser Defence Medal; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Sidney Kaye-Lesser.) edge bruising and contact marks to latter, very fine General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp Cyprus (22802601 Pte. A. S. Kaye-Lesser Devon Dorset.) edge nicks, very fine (3) £60-£80 --- Sidney Kaye-Lesser, né Soloman Lesser, was born in Reading in 1908. A Draper by occupation he assumed the name Kaye-Lesser around the time of his son Alec Sidney’s birth in 1938, and is shown in the 1939 Register as an ARP Warden. Later residing in Torquay he filed for Bankruptcy in 1952, and died in Exmouth in 1996, aged 87. Alec Sidney Kaye-Lesser, the son of the above, was born in Reading in 1938. He enlisted with the Devonshire Regiment in 1952 and is recorded attending a Band Club Night at Topsham Barracks in 1953. The battalion was posted to BAOR and on 17 May 1958 and at Minden amalgamated with the Dorset Regiment to form The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment. They briefly returned to England before embarking for Cyprus on 12 November 1958 where the Devon and Dorsets were involved in activities against the guerilla organisation EOKA. Subsequently serving in Libya, 1963-64, and British Guiana, 1964-65, he was promoted to Corporal and is shown in the regimental newsletter as retiring to civilian life in 1965. Sold with copied research.
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Family Group: Pair: Special Constable S. Kaye-Lesser Defence Medal; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Sidney Kaye-Lesser.) edge bruising and contact marks to latter, very fine General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp Cyprus (22802601 Pte. A. S. Kaye-Lesser Devon Dorset.) edge nicks, very fine (3) £60-£80 --- Sidney Kaye-Lesser, né Soloman Lesser, was born in Reading in 1908. A Draper by occupation he assumed the name Kaye-Lesser around the time of his son Alec Sidney’s birth in 1938, and is shown in the 1939 Register as an ARP Warden. Later residing in Torquay he filed for Bankruptcy in 1952, and died in Exmouth in 1996, aged 87. Alec Sidney Kaye-Lesser, the son of the above, was born in Reading in 1938. He enlisted with the Devonshire Regiment in 1952 and is recorded attending a Band Club Night at Topsham Barracks in 1953. The battalion was posted to BAOR and on 17 May 1958 and at Minden amalgamated with the Dorset Regiment to form The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment. They briefly returned to England before embarking for Cyprus on 12 November 1958 where the Devon and Dorsets were involved in activities against the guerilla organisation EOKA. Subsequently serving in Libya, 1963-64, and British Guiana, 1964-65, he was promoted to Corporal and is shown in the regimental newsletter as retiring to civilian life in 1965. Sold with copied research.
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