Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Gunner E. Galloway, Royal Artillery
General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Palestine, Palestine 1945-48, second clasp loose on riband, as issued (826118. Gnr. E. Galloway. R.A.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45, good very fine

Three: Gunner S. Brown, Royal Artillery
Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (1074853 Gnr. S. Brown RA.) nearly extremely fine (8) £80-£100

Ernest Galloway attested for the Royal Artillery in 1933 and served in Palestine with 7th Brigade, Royal Artillery. Discharged in 1955, he is later recorded as ‘Pensioner 5/59’.

Sydney Brown was born on 28 December 1914 and enlisted for the Royal Artillery at Dover on 12 September 1940. He was later discharged from 265th Field Battery, R.A. on 1 January 1946.

Sold with the recipient’s Soldier’s Service and Pay Book, Soldier’s Release Book, Certificate of Transfer to Army Reserve, a fine full-length portrait photograph of Brown in military uniform and two further group photographs.