Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Corporal L. R. Payling, West Riding Regiment, later York and Lancaster Regiment and Army Dental Corps

British War and Victory Medals (267009 ... L. Payling. W. Rid. R.) rank erased on both; Coronation 1937 (L. R. Payling.) privately engraved naming; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, Regular Army (7254572 Cpl. L. R. Payling. A.D. Corps.) very fine and better (4) £80-£100

Lawrence Ringrose Payling was born in Hull, Yorkshire, on 11 March 1897 and attested for the West Riding Regiment, serving with the 2/6th Battalion during the Great War, before transferring to the 9th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment. On 4 October 1918 he was posted to ‘B’ Company, No. 21 Officer Cadet Battalion in Hampshire. Disembodied on 17 February 1919, he later served with the Army Dental Corps and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1934, one of approximately 17 G.V.R. 3rd issue L.S. & G.C.s awarded to the Army Dental Corps.