WW2 British Royal Artillery Medal Group Long Service Dunkirk El Alamein Tooley

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WW2 British Royal Artillery Medal Group Long Service Dunkirk El Alamein Tooley
881898. Gnr. E. C. T. Tooley. R.A.
Eric Charles Thomas Tooley
was born in Greenwich, London in 1920 and enlisted into the Royal Artillery (Territorial Army) in 1938. During the Second World War, he served with the British Expeditionary Force in France and was evacuated from Dunkirk. Serving with 65th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, in North Africa, he was wounded in action at the Battle of El Alamein on 29 October 1942, and after recovery served in Italy and North-West Europe. Post War, he served with the Anti Aircraft Section of the Royal Artillery (T.A.) and in civilian life was a postman. He was awarded his Imperial Service medal in 1980 (
London Gazette
9 September 1980: ‘Lately Postman, London Postal Region’), and died at Greenwich in 1987.
Sold with copied research including Service records, Death Certificate, and a couple of wartime photographs.