Single Campaign Medals 1139
General Service 1918-62 (2), 1 clasp, Arabian Peninsula (1672 Pte Kamach Alaut. T.O.S.); another, 2 clasps Cyprus, Arabian Peninsula, unofficial retaining rod between clasps (805 Private Salim Said T.O.S.) extremely fine, Cyprus clasp scarce to unit
£80-£120
The Arabian Peninsula clasp was issued for operations in support of the Sultan of Oman’s Armed Forces in the Jebel Akhdar campaign, fighting alongside the Special Air Service and Life Guards among others. The qualifying period for this clasp is 30 days’ service between 1 January 1957 and 30 June 1960. Additionally if service personnel were withdrawn from Cyprus prior to their completing the necessary 120 days to the earn the Cyprus clasp to the ‘Arabian Peninsula’ campaign, they would still earn the Cyprus clasp. Private Said’s three digit enlistment number reflects being of the original recruits to the Trucial Oman Scouts.
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General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Brunei (4166715 L.A.C. B. F. J. Brodrick. R.A.F.) good very fine
£120-£140 1141 General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Iraq, N.W. Persia (114535 Trmptr. E. A. Sandy. R.A.) worn, therefore fair £60-£80
Ernest Albert Sandy was born in Rame, Cornwall, on 13 July 1902. He joined the Royal Artillery on 16 August 1916, and later served as a Trumpeter with the Royal Garrison Artillery, seeing operations in Iraq during the Mesopotamian Rebellion from 10 December 1919 to 17 November 1920, and also on operations in North West Persia from 10 August to 31 December 1920, serving with the 13 Park Battery Royal Garrison Artillery His Medal Index card confirms that his General Service medal was his sole medal entitlement for the Great War period. He was discharged on 27 September 1926, but re-enlisted on 13 October 1927 in order to complete his 21 year term of service. Discharged in 1937, he was recalled for service during the Second Wolrd War, and served as a Sergeant with the 9th Coastal Regiment, Royal Artillery in Singapore, part of the Singapore Fixed Defences. He was taken prisoner of War at the Fall of Singapore on 15 February 1942, and was held in at Changi camp in Singapore until being liberated on 2 September 1945. He was finally discharged on 27 September 1946, and is believed to have emigrated to South Africa after the War.
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The General Service Medal 1918-62 awarded to Police Lieutenant A. J. Brosnan, Federation of Malay Police, who was killed in action in an ambush at Kluang in Johore on 15 February 1952
General Service 1918-62, 3 clasps, Palestine, Palestine 1945-48, Malaya (159 P./Lt. A. J. Brosnan. F. of M. Pol.) with named Army Council enclosure, extremely fine
£300-£400
Andrew J. Brosnan was among those ranks of the Palestine Police who was recruited for like services in Malaya following the ‘Stand Down’ in the former territory in 1948. As reported in the Security Forces Weekly Intelligence Summary (Malaya) for the week ending 21 February 1952, he was killed in an ambush at Kluang, Johore on 15 February 1952:
‘There have been nine cases of rubber tree slashing, all of them on a large scale of 700 or more trees. The largest was 5,300 trees in the Kotatinggi area. The other cases occurred in the Johore Bahru area (three times). Segamat and Kluang (twice each) and one in the Muar area. A Police Lieutenant [Brosnan] and an S.C. were killed in an ambush on an estate in the Kluang area. In another estate ambush in the Johore Bahru area three S.Cs have been killed and an Assistant Manager wounded. Shots fired into Kluang garrison cantonment by night killed a Malay sapper. An S.C. was wounded in Johore Bahru circle by shots at a manager’s bungalow.’ Brosnan, who was 39 years old, was buried in Kranji Military Cemetery.
Sold with a photograph of the recipient; and copied research.
x1143
India General Service 1936-39 (3), 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37 (14403 Sepoy Sakhi Mohd., 2-8 Punjab R.); another, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1937-39 (11493 Sep. Sadhu Singh, 1-12 F.F.R.); another, 2 clasps, North West Frontier 1936-37, North West Frontier 1937-39 (Subdr. Sher Mohd. Khan. R.I.A.S.C. (M.T.)) nearly very fine or better (3)
£100-£140 1144
Lieutenant-Colonel N. G. Bett, Indian Army, retired on 27 December 1948. India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1937-39 (Capt. N. G. Bett, R.I.A.S.C.) toned, extremely
fine
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