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A Second War O.B.E. group of five awarded to Lieutenant and Paymaster J. E. de la Motte, Roy...
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A Second War O.B.E. group of five awarded to Lieutenant and Paymaster J. E. de la Motte, Royal Army Pay Corps, late Suffolk Yeomanry The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; British War and Victory Medals (2-Lieut. J. E. de la Motte.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45, court-mounted for wear, lacquered, very fine (5) £160-£200 --- O.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1946. Jack Edward de la Motte was born in Wandsworth in 1898. He served from 28 October 1915 as a Second Lieutenant in the Suffolk Yeomanry and later returned to service during the Second World War with the Royal Army Pay Corps. Raised Lieutenant and Paymaster in the London Gazette of 18 August 1942, his work was later recognised with the award of the O.B.E. in the New Year’s Honours’ list of 1946. Retired to north London, de la Motte later devoted his time to the pursuit of golf, his name regularly appearing in the contemporary press in consequence of winning the ‘longest drive’ at Wyke Green golf club (typically around the 230 yards mark).
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A Second War O.B.E. group of five awarded to Lieutenant and Paymaster J. E. de la Motte, Royal Army Pay Corps, late Suffolk Yeomanry The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; British War and Victory Medals (2-Lieut. J. E. de la Motte.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45, court-mounted for wear, lacquered, very fine (5) £160-£200 --- O.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1946. Jack Edward de la Motte was born in Wandsworth in 1898. He served from 28 October 1915 as a Second Lieutenant in the Suffolk Yeomanry and later returned to service during the Second World War with the Royal Army Pay Corps. Raised Lieutenant and Paymaster in the London Gazette of 18 August 1942, his work was later recognised with the award of the O.B.E. in the New Year’s Honours’ list of 1946. Retired to north London, de la Motte later devoted his time to the pursuit of golf, his name regularly appearing in the contemporary press in consequence of winning the ‘longest drive’ at Wyke Green golf club (typically around the 230 yards mark).
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