Army Communication 11 Quetta Earthquake Signed Major General...

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Army Communication 11 Quetta Earthquake Signed Major General A Wade WW1 Veteran. 31 May 94 BFPS 2412 The Quetta Earthquake The Mulepack Wireless Set. Red Flown cachet on the reverse flown by No 10 Army Aviation Sqn Pakistan Army. Personally Signed Major General Ashton Wade. CB OBE MC. Wade was Commissioned into the Royal Garrison Artillery in 1916 and served in World War 1 in France and Belgium and from 23 September 1916 to 20 December 1916 and in Italy I from 20 September 1917 to 4 November 1918. He was wounded twice, awarded the Military Cross and was mentioned in despatches. He transferred to Royal Corps of Signals in 1921. He attended the Staff College Camberley from 1933 to 1934. He served as Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General in Quetta in India from 1 January 1938 to 31 July 1939. He served in World War II as a General Staff Officer 1 with the British Expeditionary Force in France from 26 April 1940 to 30 June 1940 and took part in the Dunkirk evacuation in 1940. RAF Ref No AC 89c. Certified copy 549 of 747 and Signed by Gp Capt W S O Randle WW11 Wellington Pilot. Details enclosed. Single Vendor RAF cover collection. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99