A Small Collection of Medals to Naval Surgeons

A Second World War M.B.E. group of six awarded to Surgeon Lieutenant J. G. Reed, Malayan Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, decorated for services as a prisoner of war of the Japanese

The Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) 2nd type; British War and Victory Medals (Surg. R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; War Medal, mounted as worn, lacquered, otherwise good very fine (6) £500-600

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Small Collection of Medals to Naval Surgeons.

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M.B.E. London Gazette 4 June 1946: ‘Surgeon Lieutenant John Groscourt Reed, Malayan R.N.V.R. Services as a Prisoner of War.’

John Groscourt Reed was the son of Surgeon Captain John Charles Groscourt Reed (see Lot 591). Sold with a copy of his Japanese Prisoner of War card which shows that he was captured on 13 February 1942, two days before the final surrender of Singapore. He was repatriated on 15 November 1945.