A Small Collection of Medals to the Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Pair: Corporal J. J. Pyman, Queen’s Own Buffs, Royal Kent Regiment

General Service 1962-2007, 2 clasps, Borneo, Northern Ireland, unofficial retaining rod between clasps (23524120 Pte. J. J. Pyman. Queens Own Buffs.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (23524120 Cpl J J Pyman Queens) edge nicks, good very fine and better, the first scarce to unit (2) £160-£200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Small Collection of Medals to the Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

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The Queen’s Own Buffs, The Royal Kent Regiment, was formed in March 1961 following the amalgamation of The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) and the Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). Deployed on a six-month tour of duty in the jungles of Borneo in June 1966 during the Indonesia-Malaysia confrontation, the troops returned home via Hong Kong upon a return to peace. The Regiment existed for less than six years; on 31 December 1966 it merged with the Queen’s Royal Surrey Regiment, the Royal Sussex Regiment, and the Middlesex Regiment to form the Queen’s Regiment.