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Six: Lieutenant-Colonel J. B. Doherty, Army Catering Corps, late Royal Electrical and...
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War Medal 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (2548027 S/Sgt. J. B. Doherty. R.E.M.E.); Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (2548027 S/Sgt. J. B. Doherty. R.E.M.E.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued; General Service 1962-2007, 3 clasps, Borneo, Malay Peninsula, Northern Ireland (Major J. B. Doherty. ACC.); Jubilee 1977, unnamed as issued, mounted court-style for display, light contact marks, very fine (6) £700-£900
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John Barclay Doherty was born on 16 September 1927 and attested for the General Service Corps on 6 October 1943. He did not serve overseas during the Second World War, and so only earned the War Medal. He transferred to the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers on 30 November 1945 and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps on 6 November 1954, with seniority backdated to 10 January 1950. He transferred to the Army Catering Corps with the rank of Captain on 6 May 1959, and was advanced Major on 10 January 1963. Awarded the Silver Jubilee Medal in 1977, he retired with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel on 3 April 1978. He died on 16 December 1989.
Sold with the recipient’s original Regular Army Certificate of Service Red Book, and copied research, including the Silver Jubilee Medal roll extract.
War Medal 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (2548027 S/Sgt. J. B. Doherty. R.E.M.E.); Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (2548027 S/Sgt. J. B. Doherty. R.E.M.E.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued; General Service 1962-2007, 3 clasps, Borneo, Malay Peninsula, Northern Ireland (Major J. B. Doherty. ACC.); Jubilee 1977, unnamed as issued, mounted court-style for display, light contact marks, very fine (6) £700-£900
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John Barclay Doherty was born on 16 September 1927 and attested for the General Service Corps on 6 October 1943. He did not serve overseas during the Second World War, and so only earned the War Medal. He transferred to the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers on 30 November 1945 and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps on 6 November 1954, with seniority backdated to 10 January 1950. He transferred to the Army Catering Corps with the rank of Captain on 6 May 1959, and was advanced Major on 10 January 1963. Awarded the Silver Jubilee Medal in 1977, he retired with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel on 3 April 1978. He died on 16 December 1989.
Sold with the recipient’s original Regular Army Certificate of Service Red Book, and copied research, including the Silver Jubilee Medal roll extract.
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