British East African Campaign | 19 January - 27 November 1941 Flown Cover (Signed + Signed Card)

Lieutenant Colonel Eric Charles Twelves Wilson VC (2 October 1912 - 23 December 2008) was an English British Army officer and colonial administrator. Lieutenant (acting Captain), The East Surrey Regiment (attached Somaliland Camel Corps) where he received the Victoria Cross. At the time of his death, he was last surviving British Army recipient of the Victoria Cross in the Second World War, and the earliest and oldest recipient.

Published by 19th January . 1991., 1991

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7½'' x 4½'' No. 979 of 1000 Limited Edition British East African Campaign | 19 January - 27 November 1941 Flown Cover flown cover SIGNED to the front cover 'Eric Wilson V.C.' Certification signed by Group Captain W. S. O. Randle to the rear + three cachet inserts + 5'' x 3'' white card SIGNED 'Eric Wilson V.C. | Somaliland Camel Corps'. Most unusual for E. C. T. Wilson to have added 'Somaliland Camel Corps' underneath his autograph. Two Certificates of Authenticity (one for each signature) also enclosed. The formal citation for Wilson's VC, published in the London Gazette in October 1940 when he was still presumed dead, reads: 'The KING has been pleased to approve of the award of The Victoria Cross to: Lieutenant (acting Captain) Eric Charles Twelves Wilson, The East Surrey Regiment (attached Somaliland Camel Corps). For most conspicuous gallantry on active service in Somaliland. Captain Wilson was in command of machine-gun posts manned by Somali soldiers in the key position of Observation Hill, a defended post in the defensive organisation of the Tug Argan Gap in British Somaliland. Member of the P.B.F.A. VICTORIA CROSS AWARDS.

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• Title: British East African Campaign | 19 January - 27 November 1941 Flown Cover (Signed + Signed Card)
• Publisher: 19th January . 1991.
• Publication Date: 1991
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)