Groups and Single Decorations for Gallantry x223
A post-war M.B.E. group of three awarded to Warrant Officer J. J. Rudd, 3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery, later 203 (Elswick) Field Battery T.A. and 101 (Northumbrian) Field Battery T.A.
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, with its Royal Mint case of issue; General Service 1962-2007, 2 clasps, Radfan, South Arabia (23691815 Bdr. J. J. Rudd. R.H.A.); Efficiency Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue, T. & A.V.R. (23691815 WO2 J J Rudd RA) mounted court-style, good very fine (3) £240-£280
M.B.E. (Military) London Gazette 15 June 1985: ‘Warrant Officer Class 2, Royal Regiment of Artillery, Territorial Army.’
John James Rudd was born in 1941 and enlisted into the Royal Artillery at Newcastle-on-Tyne on 18 July 1960. An extract from the recommendation for his M.B.E. states: ‘Warrant Officer Class 2 Rudd joined the Territorial Army in 1959 and from 1960 to 1966 served as a regular soldier with the 3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery in Aden, United Kingdom and Germany. He rejoined the Territorial Army in 1969 and was awarded the Efficiency Medal in 1982. He has attended Camp every year and in every year has exceeded the Man Training Days allowance. During the past year he has served as Battery Sergeant Major of 203 (Elswick) Field Battery and his performance has been outstanding.’ Sold with Regular Army Certificate of Service together with copied news cuttings announcing M.B. E. and presentation of the Queen’s Cup to 203 Field Battery, copied recommendation for M.B.E. and other research.
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A scarce Second War D.S.C. group of seven awarded to Commander J. Staniforth, Royal Naval Volunteer (Supplementary) Reserve, who served as a Landing Craft Flotilla Officer in the Sicily, Italy and South of France Landings
Distinguished Service Cross,
G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1945’, in Garrard, London, case of issue; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; together with the original Buckingham Palace forwarding letter for the D.S.C., in the name of ‘Lieut. Commander J. Staniforth, D.S.C., R. N.V.(S.).R.’, extremely fine (7)
£1,200-£1,600 D.S.C. London Gazette 11 December 1945.
The original recommendation states: ‘Acting Temporary Lieutenant-Commander Jack Staniforth, H.M.S. Hamilcar. L.C.M. Flotilla Officer during the landings in Sicily and Italy, subsequently he became a Squadron Commander in the South of France landings. This officer is recommended for outstanding operational services in Minor Landing Craft during the last two years in the Mediterranean. He was commended by General Montgomery and by Rear-Admiral MacGregor for the fine work of his L.C.M.’s during the South of Italy landings. The Squadron Commander of “C” L.C.T. Squadron reports on this officer as follows: “I was very impressed with the very efficient way in which he organised and ran his Squadron during the landings in the South of France.” ’
Jack Staniforth, a native of Sheffield, was appointed a Sub Lieutenant in the “Wavy Navy” in May 1942 and by the end of the year was attending a Landing Craft training centre at Hayling Island. He remained employed in this sphere of operations for the remainder of the War, subsequent appointments including the Commando establishment at Largs and, as an Acting Temporary Lieutenant-Commander, Hamilcar, the base in Algeria and later Messina.
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