Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Lieutenant M. P. Watson, 1/11th Anti-Tank Regiment, South African Artillery, late Southern Rhodesia Regiment, Northumberland Hussars and Royal Horse Artillery

1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; Defence Medal; Africa Service Medal, last officially named ‘SR.598641 M. P. Watson’, generally very fine or better (5) £60-£80

Michael Peter Watson was born in May 1921, and was employed by the Survey Department, Southern Rhodesian Government. He initially served during the Second War with the Southern Rhodesia Light Battery in Kenya, before transferring to the 189th Battery, Northumberland Hussars for service in the Western Desert in 1941. Watson served with the 4th Royal Horse Artillery in the Western Desert, April - October 1942, prior to returning to the Northumberland Hussars for service in Tunisia.

Watson was commissioned Lieutenant in the Union Defence Force in 1943, and served with the 1/11th Anti-Tank Regiment in Egypt and Italy.