A Collection of General Service Medals for Northern Ireland

Three: Staff Sergeant J. E. Snaith, 33 Parachute Light Regiment and 7 Parachute Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery

General Service 1918-62, 3 clasps, Near East, Cyprus, Arabian Peninsula, unofficial retaining rod between clasps (22963617 Bdr. J. E. Snaith. R.A.); General Service 1962-2007, 2 clasps, South Arabia, Northern Ireland, unofficial retaining rod between clasps (22963617 Sgt. J. E. Snaith. RHA.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (22963617 S.Sgt. J. E. Snaith RA.) mounted as worn, minor contact marks, very fine and better (3) £600-£800

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of General Service Medals for Northern Ireland.

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Dix Noonan Webb, March 2008.

J. E. Snaith served with 97 Battery, 33 Parachute Light Regiment, Royal Artillery, in the Near East, Cyprus, and the Arabian Peninsula from 1955 to 1961, and subsequently with ‘F’ Battery, 7 Parachute Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery in South Arabia from April 1963.

Sold with extensive copied research including Regimental War Diaries, Annual Historical Records, and nominal rolls.