Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Military Division M.B.E. group of four awarded to Major D. T. Batson, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Cadet Force

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type, breast badge, silver; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Cadet Forces Medal, G.VI.R., with Second, Third and Fourth Award Bars (2/Lt. D. T. Batson.), mounted as worn, generally very fine (4) £260-300

M.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1973.

Cadet Forces Medal London Gazette 20 March 1951.

Cadet Forces Medal Second Award Bar London Gazette 30 March 1965.

Cadet Forces Medal Third Award Bar London Gazette 11 July 1972.

Cadet Forces Medal Fourth Award Bar London Gazette 2 October 1979.

Derek Trelawney Batson was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Cadet Force, 4 August 1943, and advanced to Lieutenant 5 January 1954. He retired with the honorary rank of Major, 17 September 1983.