VICTORIA CROSS AWARDS

Lieutenant Colonel Eric Charles Twelves Wilson VC (2 October 1912 - 23 December 2008) was an English British Army officer and colonial administrator. Lieutenant (acting Captain), The East Surrey Regiment (attached Somaliland Camel Corps) where he received the Victoria Cross. At the time of his death, he was last surviving British Army recipient of the Victoria Cross in the Second World War, and the earliest and oldest recipient.

(Book #ID 112477)

19th January 1991. 1991.

7½'' x 4½'' No. 979 of 1000 Limited Edition British East African Campaign | 19 January - 27 November 1941 Flown Cover flown cover SIGNED to the front cover 'Eric Wilson V.C.' Certification signed by Group Captain W. S. O. Randle to the rear + three cachet inserts + 5'' x 3'' white card SIGNED 'Eric Wilson V.C. | Somaliland Camel Corps'. Most unusual for E. C. T. Wilson to have added 'Somaliland Camel Corps' underneath his autograph. Two Certificates of Authenticity (one for each signature) also enclosed. The formal citation for Wilson's VC, published in the London Gazette in October 1940 when he was still presumed dead, reads: 'The KING has been pleased to approve of the award of The Victoria Cross to: Lieutenant (acting Captain) Eric Charles Twelves Wilson, The East Surrey Regiment (attached Somaliland Camel Corps). For most conspicuous gallantry on active service in Somaliland. Captain Wilson was in command of machine-gun posts manned by Somali soldiers in the key position of Observation Hill, a defended post in the defensive organisation of the Tug Argan Gap in British Somaliland. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Limbu, Rambahadur [Rambahadur Limbu, VC, MVO (8 July 1939 - 22 April 2023) was a Nepalese Gurkha and recipient of the Victoria Cross. Rambahadur Limbu belonged to the Begha Clan of Limbu people of Nepal].

(Book #ID 112476)

Published by The Gurkha Welfare Trusts, Lansdowne House, Berkeley Square, London not dated.

Publisher's original wire stitched colour photographic card wrap covers (soft back). 8vo. 10'' x 8''. Contains 20 pp + covers with monochrome archive photographs to the central pages. In Very Good clean condition, no dust wrapper as issued. SIGNED by the author to the title page 'R. Limbu V.C, M.V.O., 23rd June 1984' + small personal colour photograph corner mounted opposite his signature. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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