Campaign Groups and Pairs 348 Six: Private J. Hodgson, King’s Own Scottish Borderers, late Highland Light Infantry
1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (14686193 Pte. J. Hodgson. H.L.I.); Korea 1950-53 (22295655 Pte J. Hodgson. K.O.S.B.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, mounted as worn, very fine (6)
£120-£160 Sold with copied extract from Palestine roll. 349
Six: Sergeant T. Grierson, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45; Efficiency Medal,
G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (2975911 Sjt. T. Grierson 6 - A. & S. H.) very fine
Five: Driver D. Kirk, Royal Army Service Corps 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; Efficiency Medal,
G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (T.74785 Dvr. D. Kirk. R.A.S.C.) generally very fine or better (11)
£80-£120. 350
Five: Craftsman A. Gilbert, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal,
G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Territorial (85902. Cfn. A. Gilbert. R.E.M.E.) last in named card box of issue, with campaign medal enclosure for Second War Medals - annotated ‘This is to certify that 85902 Cfn Gilbert served as u/m France - Belgium - Iraq - Iran - Rangoon - India - Durban- Sept 3rd 1939 - Nov 8th 1945’, generally very fine
Four: Warrant Officer Class 1 A. C. Willmott, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence Medal; Efficiency Medal,
G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (7598306 W.O. Cl. 1. A. C. Willmott. REME.) surname of last partially officially corrected, generally very fine or better (9)
£60-£80. 351
Seven: Warrant Officer Class 1 W. Leaker, Royal Army Service Corps 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya,
G.VI.R. (S/5105676 W.O. Cl. 1. W. J. L. Leaker. R.A.S.C.); Army L.S. & G.C.,
G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (S/510576. W.O. Cl. 1. W. J. M. [sic] Leaker. R.A.S.C.) generally very fine or better (7)
£60-£80. 352
Five: Assistant Divisional Officer Arthur Ferrar, West Riding County Fire Service, late Corporal, Royal Army Medical Corps
1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45, these in later named card box of issue from Army Medal Office, Droitwich; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (7402520 Cpl A Farrar RAMC) later impressed naming, in later named card box of issue; Fire Brigade L.S. & G.C., E.II.R. (Asst. Div. Offr. Arthur Farrar) edge prepared prior to impressing naming, in named card box of issue, nearly extremely fine (5)
£80-£120
Arthur Farrar died on 8 January 2014, aged 93. He served in the Royal Army Medical Corps during World War II and afterwards in Palestine. He joined the Fire Service in 1947 and retired in 1975. As Assistant Divisional Officer of the West Riding Fire Service he was in attendance at the scene of one of the worst atrocities committed by the I.R.A. on mainland Britain when, on Monday, February 4, 1974, a 50lb bomb ripped through a coach carrying service personnel, their wives and families along the M62 at Birkenshaw, reducing the vehicle to a twisted heap of metal, killing nine soldiers and the wife and two young sons of one of them. Sold with further details taken from an article in the Spenborough Guardian, 5 February 2004, including quotes from Farrar, together with RAMC and West Riding County Fire Service cap badges.
353 Five: Major B. P. Penney, Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps
1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya,
G.VI.R. (Capt. B. P. Penney. Q.A.R.A.N.C.) mounted as worn, rank partially officially corrected, very fine (5) £80-£120
Betty Pauline Penney was born in January 1913, and having served as a Sister in Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps was commissioned Captain in March 1948. She advanced to Major in March 1957, and retired in October 1965.
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Three: Sergeant G. M. White, Kenya Regiment, who was killed in action when the S.S. Khedive Ismail was torpedoed and sunk by the Japanese submarine I-27 in the Indian Ocean, with the loss of 1,297 lives
1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Army Council enclosure, extremely fine (3) £70-£90
G. M. White served as a Sergeant with the Kenya Regiment during the Second World War, and was killed in action whilst being conveyed in the troopship S.S. Khedive Ismail on 12 February 1944, when the ship, as part of Convoy KR 8 sailing from Mombassa to Colombo, was torpedoed and sunk by the Japanese submarine I-27 in the Indian Ocean. Of her 1,324 passengers, including 996 members of the East African Artillery, 271 Royal Naval personnel, 19 WRNS, and 63 nurses, only 208 men and 6 women survived. 1,220 men and 77 women were killed, in what was the third largest loss of life from Allied shipping in the Second World War, and the largest loss of life to servicewomen in the history of the British Empire and Commonwealth. White is commemorated on the East Africa Memorial, Kenya.
Sold with copied research. 355 Five: Squadron Leader J. G. Haigh, Royal Air Force
1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R. (Sqn. Ldr. J. G. Haigh. R.A.F) mounted as worn, good very fine (5)
£100-£140
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