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I have also been in touch with Paul Buckley (VCC enthusiast) and provided him with photos and frame No 25248 and asking whether they could identify the model.
Paul quickly got back in touch with -
I am increasingly certain that the 5-digit post-war numbers have the year as the last two digits so yours would be 1948 and the frame looks right for that.
4 digit prewar numbers are still a mystery. It will probably be happiest with 26" wheels but it could have been built for either size at that time.
I suggest you buy a Cycling Magazine for that year as there are normally a couple in eBay. Build would have been what was available in the period of export quotas.
I see little or no similarity in Buckley frames apart from the Triangular chainstays and the gorgeous head badge.