Campaign Groups and Pairs 511 Three: Corporal R. P. W. Crockford, Royal Army Service Corps, later Police Constable, Berkshire Constabulary
War Medal 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (T.14025070 Cpl. R. P. W. Crockford. R.A.S. C.); Police L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (Const. Ronald P. W. Crockford) mounted as worn, very fine and better (3)
£70-£90
Ronald P. W. Crockford was born in Wokingham, Berkshire, on 4 April 1927 and served as a Corporal in 7/73 Company, Royal Army Service Corps, an air despatch unit that formed part of the 6th Airborne Division. He subsequently served as a Police Constable with the Berkshire Police, based in Windsor, and died in Newbury, Berkshire, on 15 July 2011.
512 Three: Able Seaman J. H. Graham, Royal Navy
Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Yangtze 1949 (D/SSX.849229 J. H. Graham. A.B. R.N.); Korea 1950-53, 2nd issue (D/SSX.849229 J. H. Graham. A.B. R.N.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued, mounted as worn, good very fine (3)
£700-£900 513 Pair: Gunner E. Walker, Royal Artillery
Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (22799271 Gnr. E. Walker. R.A.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued, good very fine (2) £70-£90
514 Pair: Private G. Brown, Gloucestershire Regiment
Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (22394571 Pte. G. Brown Glosters); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued, last in named card box of issue, nearly extremely fine (2)
£200-£240 515
Pair: Private H. J. Banton, King’s Own Scottish Borderers, who was killed in action in Korea during the attack on Hill 432 on 21 May 1951
Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (22395994 Pte. H. J. Banton. K.O.S.B.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued, nearly extremely fine (2)
£400-£500
Hayward James Banton was born in Moffat, Dumfriesshire, on 12 October 1930, and attested for the King’s Own Scottish Borderers at Edinburgh on 10 August 1950. He served with the 1st Battalion in Korea from 9 January 1951, and was killed in action in the attack on Hill 432, part of the Han Defensive Line, on 21 May 1951. The Regimental Diary gives the following account: ‘On the night of 21 May, we joined “B” Company on Hill 432 in a torrential downpour. No. 11 platoon successfully cleared an intermediate ridge and the following morning Nos. 10 and 12 Platoons went into the attack, reaching the top after a four hour battle, only to be driven off by a strong counter attack when their ammunition was well nigh exhausted. An air strike was called for and this caused the enemy to withdraw so that we took Hill 432 at first light the following morning without opposition. We deeply regret the loss of Privates Purdie, Banton, and Clark, who were killed in this action.’
Banton is buried in the United Nations Memorial Cemetery, Pusan, Korea. Sold together with various copied research, including a copy of the local newspaper announcing his death. 516
Pair: Craftsman H. I. Routen, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (6287632 Cfn. H. I. Routen. R.E.M.E.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, nearly extremely fine (2) £70-£90
517 Pair: Captain B. L. Whitaker, Royal Army Medical Corps
Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (Capt B L Whitaker RAMC) laser-impressed naming; U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued, both medals later issues, extremely fine (2)
£70-£90
Bernard Langdon Whitaker, of Buntingford, Hertfordshire, was born on 22 October 1927, and was educated at the University of London (M.B., 1949). He was commissioned Lieutenant in the Royal Army Medical Corps on 18 June 1950, and served with them in Korea. He was appointed a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1957, and died on 10 November 2018.
518 Pair: Trooper A. V. Gatzke, Lord Strathcona's Horse, late British Columbia Dragoons
Korea 1950-53, Canadian issue, silver (SK 9316 A V Gatzke); U.N. Korea 1950-54 (SK 9316 A V Gatzke) good very fine (2)
£70-£90
Albert Vern Gatzke enlisted into the British Columbia Dragoons on 25 November 1947 before transferring to the Lord Strathcona's Horse on 25 August 1951, and served with both A and B Squadrons in Korea from 21 November 1952. He returned to Canada on 28 October 1953 and was released from the Canadian Army on 4 March 1954.
Sold with copied research. 519 Pair: A. C. Turner, Australian Forces
Vietnam 1964-73 (1202849 A. C. Turner); South Vietnam Medal 1964, 1 clasp, 1960-, reverse inscribed, ‘1202849 A. C. Turner’, slight edge bruising, good very fine (2)
£180-220
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