Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Colour Sergeant G. M. Brooke, Parachute Regiment

1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue, Territorial (14213904 Col. Sgt. G. M. Brooke. Para.) mounted for wear, good very fine (4) £140-£180

Gilbert McEvoy Brooke was born in Bradford, Yorkshire, on 6 April 1923 and attested for the Royal Army Service Corps (Territorial Army) on 16 July 1942. He served with both them and, latterly, the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers during the Second World War, before being posted to the 12th Battalion, Parachute Regiment.

Sold with copied service papers and other research.