A Collection of Medals Featuring The Efficiency Medal in its Various Forms in the UK and India
Last Site Update 18/11/24
New Items:
GSM Malaya, EM(AER) and EM(TAVR) Trio: EM(TAVR) with Clasp & Cadet Forces Medal, served with SAS: Very Scarce EM(T) EIIR to the Suffolk and Cambridgeshire Regiment: Gulf Medal & 2 Clasp EM(TAVR): Scarce EM(T)(1982) and Clasp to Royal Irish Reg: Very Scarce EM(T) EIIR to Ayrshire Yeomanry: EM(T) EIIR to Inns of Court Regiment and 1st Clasp to Inns of Court Yeomanry: EM Militia GV 14-15 Trio Group : EM Militia GV Group with WW2 Medals: EM(T) (1982) with Clasp Group with Iraq Medal& Clasp & Golden Jubilee Medal: BEM, TD & EM(T) Group to ATS, WRAC & Red Cross:
Canada (1933-1964)
SGT. J. HUTCHINSON. Q.O.C. HIGHRS. OF C.
Efficiency Medal CANADA GV (SGT. J. HUTCHINSON. Q.O.C. HIGHRS. OF C.)
PTE. J.T. O’BRIEN 3rd (R) A. REGT. (G.G.H.G.)
1939-45 Star
Italy Star
France and Germany Star
Defence Medal (Canadian Issue)
War medal 1939-45 (Canadian Issue)
Canadian War Medal with Overseas Clasp
1939-45 War Medal
Efficiency Medal CANADA GVI 1st Type (PTE. J.T. O’BRIEN 3rd (R) A. REGT. (G.G.H.G.))
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The Governor General's Horse Guards were placed on active service on 1 September 1939 for local protective duty. On 24 May 1940, the regiment mobilized the 2nd Canadian Motorcycle Regiment, Canadian Active Service Force (Governor General's Horse Guards). On 9 February 1941, the unit reverted to its former designation of The Governor General's Horse Guards and two days later officially became the 3rd Armoured Regiment (The Governor General's Horse Guards). The active unit embarked for the United Kingdom on 9 October 1941 and was redesignated the 3rd Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment (The Governor General's Horse Guards) on 1 January 1943. It moved to Italy on 19 December 1943 and served as the armoured reconnaissance regiment of the 5th Canadian (Armoured) Division. In actual practice, the two Canadian armoured reconnaissance regiments were outfitted and equipped almost identically to standard armoured regiments, with three squadrons of Sherman tanks, though their role in action may have been different. The regiment moved to North-West Europe on 16 February 1945 and disbanded on 31 January 1946. A 3rd (Reserve) Armoured Regiment (The Governor General's Horse Guards) remained in Canada as part of the Reserve Army.
GGHG Shermans Arnhem 1944
EIIR 2nd Type CANADA Unnamed
Efficiency Medal CANADA EIIR 2nd Type (Unnamed)
M 7012 LSGT. J.A. LAMOUREUX
1939-45 Star
France and Germany Star
Defence Medal [Canada]
Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Overseas Clasp
War Medal [Canada]
Efficiency Medal CANADA EIIR 3rd Type (M 7012 LSGT. J.A. LAMOUREUX)
Canadian Association of Chief of Police Service Medal and Clasp (CITY OF EDMONTON POLICE DEPARTMENT TO J.A. LAMOUREUX 1966)
Alberta Law Enforcement 25 Year Long Service Medal
Joseph Alphonse Lamoureux was born 1st July 1923 in Fort Saskatchewan Canada.
"Joe" enlisted in the Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers in 1938 and volunteered for Active Service the next year when Canada went to war. Joe arrived in England with the 9th Army Troops Company - Canadian Engineers CASF. and worked on some Civil Engineering projects such as hospitals in the area. Landing in France in 1944, he saw extensive combat during the hard-fought campaigns for Caen, Falaise, and The Rhine.
After his discharge in 1945, he worked in Fort Saskatchewan for a year before joining the Edmonton Police Department. Serving first as a uniformed Patrolman and an active member Edmonton Police Amateur Athletic Association.
Constable Joseph Lamoureux. 1947 September 29
Edmonton Police Amateur Athletic Association: (L-R, B-T) Pete Tyler, Joe Lamoureux, Jack Wakeford, Ron Hooper, Bud Ward, Don McNaughton, Coach Tiny Lyttle, Bill Sears and C. W. "Red" McNicoll.
Edmonton Police Amateur Athletic Association tug-of-war: (L-R) Pete Tyler, Joe Lamoureux, Jack Wakeford, Ron Hooper, Bud Ward, Don McNaughton, C. W. "Red" McNicoll and Bill Sears. 1947 August 07
He went on to become an Identification Technician, and finally as a Detective receiving a Certificate of Meritorious Service from the Edmonton Chief of Police in 1978 for his contribution to the planning, organisation and implementation of the Police Operations for the XI Commonwealth Games. He retired from the Force in 1978 with the rank of Inspector and 32 years of service".
Joe was an active member of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 27 Fort Saskatchewan being a member of the Executive Committee and taking part in the 1995 visit to Holland to commemorate 50 years of the Liberation of Holland and the end of World War II.
The Lamoureux family founded the Lamoureux hamlet in central Alberta within Sturgeon Country in 1872. The area and Lamoureux family have a fascinating history. Joe wrote the book below that details his family's history.
M7012 Sapper
Joseph Alphonse
Lamoureux C E M
1 July 1923 12 June 2008
Royal Cdn Eng 1939 -1945
Edmonton City Police
1946 - 1978
TRUE TO GOD AND CANADA