A rare group of seven awarded to Major E. P. “Smokey” Poulton, Rhodesian Forces, late South African Forces, onetime a member of the Rhodesian Squadron, Malayan Scouts, S.A.S.

Rhodesian Independence Medal 1980, officially numbered ‘11883’ and privately engraved ‘Maj. E. Poulton’; Rhodesian Exemplary Service Medal (Capt.); Rhodesian General Service Medal (Capt.); Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, these three officially inscribed ‘613261 E. P. Poulton’; General Service 1918-62, G.VI.R., 1 clasp, Malaya (S.R. 320 Sgt., S. Rhod. Mil. F.), with related miniatures, the earlier awards a little polished, otherwise very fine and better (14) £1000-1200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Good Series of Awards to Members of the S.A.S..

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Edward Patrick “Smokey” Poulton was born in Johannesburg in April 1927 and enlisted in Union Defence Force in September 1944, aged 17 years. Following service with the R.L.I. and attendance at a wireless procedure course, he was attached to the South African Armoured Corps out in Italy, where he served until returning home in February 1946.

Poulton subsequently volunteered for active duty in Malaya, and is verified as having served in No. 4 Troop of the Malayan Scouts, S.A.S., under Lieutenant C. F. Pavlich, during the early 1950s.

Sold with a quantity of original documentation, comprising a typed roll of Rhodesia Squadron personnel, with some 70 autographs, who sailed from Durban to Singapore in March 1951, aboard the M.V. Tegelberg, and a selection of photographs and postcards contemporary to the recipient’s time in Singapore, including images from a military funeral; together with I.D. tags (2), a quantity of related uniform buttons and insignia, the latter including parachute wings, regimental titles and unit shoulder flashes; and three cased commemorative medallions marking Rhodesian Independence in 1965.