Auction Catalogue

27 & 28 June 2012

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 1037

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28 June 2012

Hammer Price:
£180

Five: Staff Sergeant J. Ross, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, late Corps of Signals, a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese, captured at Singapore

1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; War Medal 1939-45, these unnamed; Coronation 1953 (22225751 S/Sgt. Ross. J. R.A.O.C.); Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Territorial, with Second and Third Award Clasps (2582068 Pte., R.A.O.C.) mounted court style for wear, very fine (5) £140-180

John Ross of Glasgow was born on 5 May 1920. Serving with 3 Corps Signals (11 Div.) Ross was captured by the Japanese on 15 February 1942 with the fall of Singapore. Served in the T.A. after the war and was awarded the Efficiency Medal and Clasps. Awarded the Coronation Medal 1953 as a Technical Officer based in Edinburgh.

With copied Japanese P.O.W. card and roll extracts.