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Seven: Chief Petty Officer Cook R. E. Easton, Royal Navy
1939-45 STAR; ATLANTIC STAR; AFRICA STAR, clasp, North Africa 1942-43; ITALY STAR; WAR MEDAL 1939-45; U.N. KOREA 1950-54,
these unnamed; ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 1st issue (Mx.62857 C.P.O.Ck.(S), H.M.S. Newfoundland) ‘(S)’ engraved,
mounted as worn, very fine and better (8) £120-160
Ronald E. Easton was born in 1915 and served in submarines between 1941 and 1944. In April 1942 he went to New London, U.S.A.
as crew of the U.S.S. S-29 a submarine that had been built in 1919 which was then sailed back via Bermuda to Gibraltar with the new
name of H.M.S. P.556. Ronald Easton served on the P.556 until November 1942 and then joined the ‘S’ Class submarine Shakespeare.
On her he served in the Mediterranean from January 1943 to April 1944. During this time the Shakespeare sank the Italian sailing
vessels Sant' Anna M. and Adelina, the Greek sailing vessel Aghios Konstantinos and two unidentified sailing vessels. She also sank the
Italian submarine Velella, which was lost with all hands, and unsuccessfully attempted to torpedo what was identified as an Italian light
cruiser. Easton was awarded the L.S. & G.C. Medal whilst serving on the light cruiser Newfoundland. The cruiser was commissioned in
1942 and sold to the Peruvian Navy in 1959. On 31 October 1956, during the Suez Crisis, the cruiser in company with the destroyer
Diana sank the Egyptian frigate Domiat.
Sold with gilt ‘double-dolphin’ pin-backed badge; the medals and badge in a glass-fronted wooden case.
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Seven: Captain H. W. Ashby, 5th and 6th Gurkhas, late Hertfordshire Regiment
1939-45 STAR; AFRICA STAR; BURMA STAR; INDIA SERVICE MEDAL 1939-45; WAR MEDAL 1939-45; GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 2 clasps, S.
E. Asia 1945-46, Malaya (Capt., 5 G.R.); EFFICIENCY MEDAL, Territorial, G.VI.R. (5990205 Cpl., Herts. Regt.) the last with
engraved naming and slack suspension, some with contact marks, otherwise generally good very fine (7) £350-400
Captain Harold William (Gus) Ashby was born in Watford, Herfordshire on 18 May 1921. He was granted an Emergency Commission
in the Indian Army in 1943. He was posted to the 3rd Battalion 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force) towards the end of the Second
World War and saw service with the Battalion in Malaya and Dutch East Indies. He later served with the 1st Battalion 6th Gurkha Rifles
in Malaya.
He joined the 3/5 G.R. at the time of the preparations for the invasion of Malaya (Operation Zipper) as Battalion Intelligence Officer.
After an unopposed landing and the disarming of some of the Japanese forces, including 97 members of the notoriously brutal
Kempetei, he accompanied the Battalion to Java where he served as Intelligence Officer, Signals Officer, and as Company Commander.
In Java, he confronted the more hazardous duties of a Company Commander, participating in the investigation of an Indonesian-held
quinine factory - his section ‘came under heavy fire from a number of houses’, one Gurkha being killed and another four wounded.
Ashby was subsequently present in the follow up operation, when the factory was stormed and 19 prisoners taken. He was demobilised
in 1947 and returned to the U.K. but rejoined in 1952 taking a short service commission with the 1/6 G.R. and took part in the Malaya
Emergency. He resigned his commission in 1957. Captain Ashby died, at the age of 68 years, in 1990.
With copied research including Birth Certificate, service details and obituary.
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Seven: Sergeant L. Kent, King’s Own Scottish Borderers, late Army Air Corps, who was wounded and taken prisoner at
Arnhem Bridge while serving in H.Q. Company, 2nd Parachute Regiment in September 1944
1939-45 STAR; ITALY STAR; FRANCE AND GERMANY STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS 1939-45; KOREA 1950-53 (6200750 Sjt. L. Kent, K.
O.S.B.); U.N. KOREA 1950-54, mounted as worn, generally very fine or better (7) £800-1000
Kent is among those listed as having been wounded and taken prisoner at the Bridge itself in the official casualty return submitted by
the Commanding Officer, 1 Airborne Division, to the Deputy Adjutant-General of 2nd Echelon, 21st Army Group, on 30 October 1944
- his name having been among those recorded by Major J. A. Hibbert, R.A., of H.Q. 1st Parachute Brigade, prior to making his escape
back to our lines.
In the official published roll of British Army P.O.Ws 1939-45, Kent’s name appears without a P.O.W. No. or camp, strongly suggesting
that he was still recovering from his wounds in an enemy hospital at the time of the German surrender in May 1945.
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Seven: Major (Quartermaster) A. T. H. Hatchard, Royal Armoured Corps
1939-45 STAR; AFRICA STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS, these unnamed; GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R.
(Major, R.A.C.); CORONATION 1953, unnamed; ARMY L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (Capt. (Q.M.) Gen. List)
contact marks, nearly very fine (7) £180-220
War Substantive R.Q.M.S. Alfred Thomas Henry Hatchard, R.A.C. was appointed Lieutenant (Quartermaster) on the General List in
1942 (London Gazette 12 May 1942). Awarded the Army L.S. & G.C. (London Gazette 9 April 1948). Promoted to Major
(Quartermaster) in 1953 (London Gazette 4 August 1953). He retired with the honorary rank of Major (Q.M.) in 1948 (London Gazzette
11 April 1958). With copied gazette extracts.
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Seven: Staff Sergeant J. B. P. Wylde, Parachute Regiment
1939-45 STAR; AFRICA STAR; ITALY STAR; FRANCE AND GERMANY STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS 1939-45; EFFICIENCY MEDAL, E.II.R.,
Territorial, with 2 Bars (23478742 S. Sgt. J. B. P. Wylde, Para.), generally good very fine (7) £400-500
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Six: Major D. C. Palmer, Royal Artillery, who later served as a Pilot Officer in the Air Force of the Defence Forces of
the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
1939-45 STAR; AFRICA STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS 1939-45; GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (Capt. D.
C. Palmer, R.A.); EFFICIENCY MEDAL, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (Lt. D. C. Palmer, R.A.), together with the recipient’s silver
identity bracelet, ‘226059 D. C. Palmer, Blood Group A. II’, mounted as worn, generally good very fine (7) £350-400
Sold with the recipient’s original commission warrants for the rank of 2nd Lieutenant, Land Forces, Royal Regiment of Artillery, dated
10 February 1942, Lieutenant, Land Forces, dated 16 May 1947, this mounted on card, and Pilot Officer in the Air Force of the
Defence Forces of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, dated 4 November 1963; together with notification of his advancement to Major, Royal
Artillery, dated 28 June 1955.
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