Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Guardsman A. J. Douglass, Welsh Guards

General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24388554 Gdsm A J Douglass WG); South Atlantic 1982, with rosette (24388554 Gdsm A J Douglass WG) mounted court-style for wear, extremely fine (2) £800-£1,000

Alaun John Douglass was born in 1959 and in 1975, as a fifteen-year-old Army Cadet, was presented to the Prince of Wales (later H.M. King Charles III) at a St. David’s Day Parade at Caterham Camp. Attesting for the Welsh Guards, he served with them in Northern Ireland from October 1979 to February 1980, and subsequently in the South Atlantic, were he survived the bombing of the Sir Galahad on 8 June 1982 unscathed.

Sold with a photographic image of the recipient; and copied research.