Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Staff Quartermaster Sergeant A. M. Boyle, Royal Army Pay Corps

General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (2389325 WO2 A M Boyle RAPC); Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (23893325 WO2 A M Boyle RAPC); Brunei, Sultanate, Order of Loyalty, Fourth Class breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, obverse central medallion loose; Brunei General Service Medal, silver and enamel, unnamed as issued, mounted court-style as worn, good very fine and a rare combination (4) £500-£700

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the Royal Army Pay Corps.

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Archibald McCrone Boyle was born in Musselburgh, Midlothian, on 24 June 1942 and attested for the Royal Army Pay Corps on 9 November 1961. Promoted Corporal on 9 November 1962, and Sergeant on 9 November 1967, he was seconded to the Royal Brunei Malay Regiment on 6 September 1973, and was promoted Staff Sergeant on 22 October 1973. Appointed Staff Quartermaster Sergeant on 22 October 1976, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal with gratuity on 21 March 1879, and died in service in Hameln on 28 January 1982.

Sold with copied research, including a photographic image of the recipient.