250826 Pte. Cyril Bates British Army 89th Heavy Anti Aircraft Regiment Royal Artillery from:Stoke on Trent Cyril Bates was my late father who was enlisted on 15th of January 1940. He was attached to the 8th Army serving with 89th Heavy Anti Aircraft Regiment, RA and then later transferred to the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers and served through North Africa and Italy.
His medals are the 1939-45 Star, Africa Star with 8th Army clasp, 1939-45 War Medal. Originally when I applied to DBS medal services for his medal entitlement they sent me a letter back which did not include the clasp to the Africa Star. I then found a photograph of him taken in Rome in 1944. On his tunic was the Africa Star ribbon with the number 8 on it. I sent this to DBS and they corrected their records and sent me the 8th Army clasp. It is, therefore, worth querying their findings.
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