SINGLE CAMPAIGN MEDALS
892
GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 1 clasp, Southern Desert, Iraq (356644 A.C.1 G. L. Barr, R.A.F.) good very fine £400-450
893
GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (843686 Gnr. E. Shilling, R.A.) nearly extremely fine £60-80
894
GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine, M.I.D. oak leaf (564 1.B. Sjt. J. L. Otway, Pal. Police) clasp bent; together
with a mounted set of four miniature dress medals: Colonial Police Medal for Gallantry, G.VI.R., 1st issue; General
Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine, M.I.D. oak leaf; Defence and War Medals, mounted as worn, good very fine (6)
£100-140
Colonial Police Medal for Gallantry London Gazette 27 January 1939. ‘James
Loftus Otway, Sergeant, Palestine Police Force.
With a copied newspaper clipping with the obituary of James Otway. Entitled,
‘Army Police Hero Dies aged 57’, it reads, ‘A Cheam man who won medals for
gallantry as a police officer in the Colonial Police Force died on Sunday from
wounds he received in the line of duty. Mr James Otway, of 45 Wrayfield Road,
had been decorated with the King’s Police Medal for gallantry and bar and the
King’s Colonial Police Medal for gallantry, to which had been added three bars.
While serving in India, he was mentioned in 22 dispatches for his bravery and
courage. He was forced to return home nine years ago because of wounds
received in Cyprus during rioting. He was made Keeper of the Crown Jewels at
the Tower of London until he recently became seriously ill. ... London born Mr
Otway, who was 57, spent all his working life in the Forces. He first joined the
Canadian Mounties but, after a few years, was bought out by his father, who
wanted him to become an officer in the British Army. In 1928, when he was 16,
he joined the Lancashire Fusiliers and saw service in India. Four years later, he
switched to the Palestinian section of the Colonial Police Force. In 1941 he went
to Aden where he married his wife Mary, who was serving in Queen Alexandra’s
Royal Army Nursing Corps and matron of the hospital in Aden. When he was
transferred to Cyprus, Mrs Otway had to spend a year working in a South African
hospital as wives were not allowed to go with their husbands. ... Mr Otway later
went to the Persian Gulf countries of Kuwait, Bahrein and Quater (sic). He was
invalided home in 1960 and put in charge of all the security measures for the
White Tower where the Crown Jewels are housed. He was remembered for never
carrying a gun while on police duty. ....’
With a riband bar as for the miniature group above and with a ‘Palestine Police
O.C.A.’ Badge, silver and enamel, pin-backed. See lot 1152 for another group to
the ‘Otway’ family. Note: M.I.D., K.P.M. and bars to gallantry medals not
confirmed.
895
GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 1 clasp, S.E. Asia 1945-46 (Major W. R. Hussey, R.E.) minor edge bruise, good very fine
£180-220
Commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant, R.E., 3 September 1944 and War Substantive Captain, 30 July 1947.
896
GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 1 clasp, Bomb & Mine Clearance 1945-49 (5513256 Spr. E. R. Brittan, R.E.) good very fine
£300-350
897
GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (2670218 Gdsm. G. Earley, Coldm. Gds.) nearly extremely fine
£60-80
898
GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62 (2), 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (4052552 L.A.C. B. F. Stevens, R.A.F.); another, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.
II.R. (7358114 Cpl. J. D. Clery, R.A.M.C.) good very fine and better (2) £80-100
899
GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (Miss E. J. Hayton) extremely fine £100-120
900
GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62 (2), 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (DN.30664 Pte. Mkumba Richard, K.A.R.) erasure before service
number, correction to unit; another (N.51916 Pte. Speaking Sitima, K.A.R.) first with edge bruise, very fine (2) £60-80
Nkumba Lichnard (Mkumba Richard on medal), a member of the Mnyansa Tribe, from Nsonko in the district of Zomba, enlisted for 9
years with the colours and six in the reserve at Zomba on 8 January 1947. With the 2nd Battalion King’s African Rifles he served in
Singapore and Malaya, May 1953-December 1954. With copied service papers.
Speaking Sitima, a member of the Anguru Tribe, from the village of Chapweteka in the district of Mlanje, enlisted for 9 years with the
colours and six in the reserve at Zomba on 3 August 1950. He was tried by District Court Martial at Zomba on 8 December 1951 for
being absent without leave, 26 May-10 October 1951. Found guilty he was sentenced to 120 days imprisonment. In addition, he was
several times on the defaulter’s sheet during 1951-54, for neglect of clothing, failing to comply with an order, being absent without
leave and making an improper remark on parade. With the 2nd Battalion King’s African Rifles he served in Singapore and Malaya, May
1953-December 1954. With a quantity of copied service papers.
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