Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (2-Lieut. E. R. Whatley. R.A.S.C.) good very fine £80-£120

Ernest Ralph Whatley was born in Wilton, Wiltshire, on 30 January 1914 and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Tank Corps on 10 October 1936, before receiving a temporary commission in the Regular Army in the Royal Army Service Corps on 1 July 1939, and served in Haifa, Palestine. He was promoted Lieutenant on 1 January 1941, and temporary Captain on 24 July 1942. Attached to the Trans-Jordan Frontier Force from 24 February 1944, he was promoted Temporary Major 10 April 1946 whilst serving with them. In 1950 when en route from Liverpool to Takoaradi, Ghana, he was described as a Colonial Officer. He was removed from the Army on 12 January 1952, on conviction by the Civil Power.