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Four: Major I. H. Findlow, Western Frontier Regiment, Sultan of Oman’s Forces, late Sherwood Foresters Oman, Sultanate, Peace Medal; bronze, with crown emblem on riband; 10th Anniversary Medal, silvered; U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued; Great Britain, L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (22539969 W.O. Cl.2 I. H. Findlow. Foresters.) mounted as worn; together with the related miniature awards and various unit insignia, generally good very fine
General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp Arabian Peninsula (23706591 Fus. G. G. Ryland. RHF) officially re-impressed naming edge nick, good very fine (5)
£100-£140
Issac Herbert Findlow was born on 23 June 1928, and attested as a National Serviceman into the Sherwood Foresters on 6 February 1947. Advanced Corporal, he was discharged on 4 March 1949. He re-enlisted on 4 October 1950 served with the 1st Battalion Wiltshire Regiment in Hong Kong and Korea from 30 October 1951 to 13 October 1953, and subsequently served in Kenya from August 1957 to 1960. He saw further service with the Sultan of Oman’s Armed Forces - the Omani insignia that accompanies the lot indicates that he served as a Major in the Western Frontier Regiment. He died in November 2001.
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Four: Musician R. Shaw, 15th/19th Hussars, later Scots Guards, and Australian Army General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R. (22524348 Tpr. R. Shaw. 15/19 H.); Australia, Defence Force Service Medal, with Second Award Bar (334254 Shaw R.); National Medal (534254 R. Shaw); Australian Defence Medal (534254 R. Shaw) mounted court-style as worn, edge bruising to first, polished and heavily lacquered, generally good very fine and better
Four: Musician S. J. Shaw, Australian Army and Lancashire Artillery Volunteers, later Major, Royal Army Medical Corps Jubilee 2002, unnamed as issued; Jubilee 2012, unnamed as issued; Volunteer Reserves Service Medal, with Three Additional Award Bars (Capt S J Shaw RAMC); Australia, Australian Defence Medal (552821 S J Shaw) mounted court- style as worn, extremely fine (8)
£300-£400
Musician Ronald Shaw Provenance: Sold by Order of Major S. J. Shaw.
Ronald Shaw was born in Manchester on 11 September 1932 and attested as a Musician in the Band of the 15th/19th Hussars on 12 July 1950, serving with them in Malaya from November 1954 to January 1957. He transferred to the Band of the Scots Guards on 7 September 1961, and served with them for the next four years, touring Kenya and Canada. His final engagement was at the State Funeral of Sir Winston Churchill. Emigrating to Australia, he joined the Australian Army in 1967 and served as a Musician in the Band of the 5th Military District until retiring in 1987. Returning to the U.K. he was admitted as an in-Pensioner of the Royal Hospital Chelsea in 2014, and died in 2018.
Sold with the recipient’s Regular Army Certificate of Service Red Book; Australian Army identification card; a photograph album compiled by the recipient during his time in Malaya (including the journey out via Tenerife and Cape Town); and various photographs of the recipient, including one of him as a Chelsea Pensioner being presented to H.R.H. The Duke of York.
Stephen J. Shaw, the son of Ronald Shaw, was born in 1960 and joined the Australian Army as a Musician in January 1978, serving until 1981 in the same band as his father. He transferred to the Reserve in 1981, and served until 1992. Returning to the U.K. in that year, he joined the British Territorial Army in 1992 as a Musician, and served in the Lancashire Artillery Volunteers Band until 2000, when he was commissioned as a Lieutenant (physiotherapist) into the Royal Army Medical Corps. He retired in 2020, holding the rank of Major.
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