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Six: R. Urquart, Scots Guards, later Police Sergeant, Dundee Police 1939-45 Star; Africa...
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Six: R. Urquart, Scots Guards, later Police Sergeant, Dundee Police
1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Police L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (Sergt. Robert Urquhart) mounted as worn; together with a Pewter Tankard, inscribed ‘To Bob, from Dundee City Police 1971’; and a Scots Guards cloth badge and two lapel pins, very fine
Three: L. A. Gell, Bedford Special Constabulary
Defence Medal; Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue (Leslie A. Gell.) mounted as worn, good very fine
Three: V. L. Shearer, Union Defence Force, a Member of the South African Parliament, who voted in favour of General J. C. Smuts’ motion on 4 September 1939 aligning South Africa with the British Commonwealth
War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, both officially impressed ‘176544 V. L. Shearer.’; Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued, mounted as worn, good very fine (12) £100-£140
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Robert Summers Urquhart was born in 1920 and served with the Scots Guards during the Second World War, seeing active service in Norway and Italy. He was wounded in Italy on 7 July 1944. He later served as a Sergeant with Dundee Police.
Leslie Arthur Gell (1900-74) served as a Divisional Commandant with “A” County Traffic Division, Bedford Special Constabulary.
Vernon Lyall Shearer (1903-68) served as a Member of the South African Parliament, and was additionally Mayor of Durban, 1964-66. He attended the historic parliamentary debate on Monday 4 September 1939, following the outbreak of war in Europe, and voted in favour of the motion proposed by General J. C. Smuts to sever relations with Germany, to refuse to adopt an attitude of neutrality to the conflict, to carry out agreed obligations, and to continue co-operating with the British Commonwealth of Nations.
1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Police L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (Sergt. Robert Urquhart) mounted as worn; together with a Pewter Tankard, inscribed ‘To Bob, from Dundee City Police 1971’; and a Scots Guards cloth badge and two lapel pins, very fine
Three: L. A. Gell, Bedford Special Constabulary
Defence Medal; Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue (Leslie A. Gell.) mounted as worn, good very fine
Three: V. L. Shearer, Union Defence Force, a Member of the South African Parliament, who voted in favour of General J. C. Smuts’ motion on 4 September 1939 aligning South Africa with the British Commonwealth
War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, both officially impressed ‘176544 V. L. Shearer.’; Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued, mounted as worn, good very fine (12) £100-£140
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Robert Summers Urquhart was born in 1920 and served with the Scots Guards during the Second World War, seeing active service in Norway and Italy. He was wounded in Italy on 7 July 1944. He later served as a Sergeant with Dundee Police.
Leslie Arthur Gell (1900-74) served as a Divisional Commandant with “A” County Traffic Division, Bedford Special Constabulary.
Vernon Lyall Shearer (1903-68) served as a Member of the South African Parliament, and was additionally Mayor of Durban, 1964-66. He attended the historic parliamentary debate on Monday 4 September 1939, following the outbreak of war in Europe, and voted in favour of the motion proposed by General J. C. Smuts to sever relations with Germany, to refuse to adopt an attitude of neutrality to the conflict, to carry out agreed obligations, and to continue co-operating with the British Commonwealth of Nations.
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Six: R. Urquart, Scots Guards, later Police Sergeant, Dundee Police
1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Police L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (Sergt. Robert Urquhart) mounted as worn; together with a Pewter Tankard, inscribed ‘To Bob, from Dundee City Police 1971’; and a Scots Guards cloth badge and two lapel pins, very fine
Three: L. A. Gell, Bedford Special Constabulary
Defence Medal; Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue (Leslie A. Gell.) mounted as worn, good very fine
Three: V. L. Shearer, Union Defence Force, a Member of the South African Parliament, who voted in favour of General J. C. Smuts’ motion on 4 September 1939 aligning South Africa with the British Commonwealth
War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, both officially impressed ‘176544 V. L. Shearer.’; Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued, mounted as worn, good very fine (12) £100-£140
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Robert Summers Urquhart was born in 1920 and served with the Scots Guards during the Second World War, seeing active service in Norway and Italy. He was wounded in Italy on 7 July 1944. He later served as a Sergeant with Dundee Police.
Leslie Arthur Gell (1900-74) served as a Divisional Commandant with “A” County Traffic Division, Bedford Special Constabulary.
Vernon Lyall Shearer (1903-68) served as a Member of the South African Parliament, and was additionally Mayor of Durban, 1964-66. He attended the historic parliamentary debate on Monday 4 September 1939, following the outbreak of war in Europe, and voted in favour of the motion proposed by General J. C. Smuts to sever relations with Germany, to refuse to adopt an attitude of neutrality to the conflict, to carry out agreed obligations, and to continue co-operating with the British Commonwealth of Nations.
1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Police L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (Sergt. Robert Urquhart) mounted as worn; together with a Pewter Tankard, inscribed ‘To Bob, from Dundee City Police 1971’; and a Scots Guards cloth badge and two lapel pins, very fine
Three: L. A. Gell, Bedford Special Constabulary
Defence Medal; Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue (Leslie A. Gell.) mounted as worn, good very fine
Three: V. L. Shearer, Union Defence Force, a Member of the South African Parliament, who voted in favour of General J. C. Smuts’ motion on 4 September 1939 aligning South Africa with the British Commonwealth
War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, both officially impressed ‘176544 V. L. Shearer.’; Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued, mounted as worn, good very fine (12) £100-£140
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Robert Summers Urquhart was born in 1920 and served with the Scots Guards during the Second World War, seeing active service in Norway and Italy. He was wounded in Italy on 7 July 1944. He later served as a Sergeant with Dundee Police.
Leslie Arthur Gell (1900-74) served as a Divisional Commandant with “A” County Traffic Division, Bedford Special Constabulary.
Vernon Lyall Shearer (1903-68) served as a Member of the South African Parliament, and was additionally Mayor of Durban, 1964-66. He attended the historic parliamentary debate on Monday 4 September 1939, following the outbreak of war in Europe, and voted in favour of the motion proposed by General J. C. Smuts to sever relations with Germany, to refuse to adopt an attitude of neutrality to the conflict, to carry out agreed obligations, and to continue co-operating with the British Commonwealth of Nations.
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