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Sergeant Ken Sturmey’s SAS Cloth Badge
April 19th, 2011 | 
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ID Number – 1456
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Subject – Sgt Ken Sturmey’s SAS Cloth Badge
Date – 2010
Donor – AllenSandra
Street – Outside Rodbourne
Location – Sandra Allen’s Garden
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Sergeant Ken Sturmey’s SAS Blazer Badge
ID Number – 145.5
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Subject – Sgt Ken Sturmey’s SAS Blazer Badge
Date – 2010
Donor – AllenSandra
Street – Outside Rodbourne
Location – Sandra Allen’s Garden
Additional Information - We assumed this is an official badge, probably worn on a blazer but if anyone knows better please leave a reply or contact us via our CONTACT page.
Sergeant Ken Sturmey’s SAS Regiment Beret
ID Number – 1454
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Subject – Sgt Ken Sturmey’s SAS Beret
Date – 2010
Donor – AllenSandra
Street – Outside Rodbourne
Location – Sandra Allen’s Garden
Additional Information – This is Sergeant Ken Sturmey’s famous SAS Regiment beret. Obviously this is his dress one. Apologies to old soldiers visiting the site as you must be horrified at us displaying it in this position. I know if you wore it like this you’d be on a charge
Sergeant Ken Sturmey’s French Maquis Badge
ID Number – 1453
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Subject – Sgt Ken Sturmey’s French Maquis Badge
Date – 1944
Donor – AllenSandra
Location – The Morvan, Central France
Additional Information – This is the badge of the French Maquis. Sergeant Ken Sturmey would have contact with the local Maquis Bernard when he parachuted in with A Squadron, 1st SAS Regiment during Operation Houndsworth in 1944. He may have acquired it later when he possibly attended a 45th Anniversary ceremony in 1989 for the Marquis Bernard in Ouroux en Morvan which was the nearest town to where the Maquis Bernard base was.
For details of the ceremony click on ANNIVERSARY. We apologize for the garbled English but the article was auto translated from the original French article.
Sergeant Ken Sturmey’s Italian Commemorative Medal
ID Number – 1452
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Subject – Sgt Ken Sturmey’s Italian Commemorative Medal
Date – 1943
Donor – AllenSandra
Street – Outside Rodbourne
Location – Naples, Italy
Additional Information – This is not an official 8th Army medal but a commemorative one struck by enterprising Italians for the liberating troops to purchase when Naples was liberated. It is based on a similar medal for the American 5th Army and depicts Vesuvius and the bay of Naples.
Sergeant Ken Sturmey’s Two Medals – Reverse Side
Group Photo Info – From left: The 1939-45 War Medal & the Defence Medal
ID Number – 1451
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Subject – Sgt Ken Sturmey’s Two Medals – Reverse Side
Date – 1945
Donor – AllenSandra
Street – Outside Rodbourne
Location – Unknown
Sergeant Sturmey’s Two Medals
Group Photo Info – From left: The Defence Medal & The 1939-45 War Medal.This has a single oak leaf denoting that the recipient has been mentioned in dispatches.
ID Number – 1450
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Subject – Sgt Ken Sturmey’s Two Medals
Date – 1945
Donor – AllenSandra
Street – Outside Rodbourne
Location – Unknown
Additional Information - For further information regarding the possible action the oak leaf was awarded for click on ID 1440 & VIDEO LINK to John Dray’s tribute to his brother Arthur who was Ken Sturmey’s mate in the particular action in attacking the station at Tamnay.
Sergeant Ken Sturmey’s Four Star Medals
Group Photo Info – From left: The 1939-1945 Star, The Africa Star, The Italy Star & The France & Germany Star
ID Number – 1449
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Subject – Sgt Ken Sturmey’s Four Star Medals
Date – 1945
Donor – AllenSandra
Street – Outside Rodbourne
Location – Unknown
Sergeant Sturmey’s Four Medal Ribbons
Group Photo Info – From left: The Defence Medal, The 1939-45 War Medal & The Territorial Efficiency Medal which was awarded to anyone serving in the territorial Army in 1939
ID Number – 1448
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Subject – Sgt Ken Sturmey’s Four Medal Ribbons
Date – 1945
Donor – AllenSandra
Street – Outside Rodbourne
Location – Unknown
Additional Information – Notice the Defence Medal has become discoloured. It should be green & red bands with black stripes. Click on SGT KEN STURMEY to see Ken wearing them.
Sergeant Ken Sturmey’s Star Medal Ribbons
Group Photo Info – From left: The 1939-1945 Star, The Africa Star, The Italy Star & The France & Germany Star
ID Number – 1447
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Subject – Sgt Ken Sturmey’s Star Medal Ribbons
Date – 1945
Donor – AllenSandra
Street – Outside Rodbourne
Location – Unknown
Additional Information - Click on SGT KEN STURMEY to see Ken wearing them.