Four: Warrant Officer Class II D. O’Neill, Royal Engineers, who received a General Officer Commanding-in-Chief’s Commendation for his conduct following the derailment of a military train near Utrecht on 21 November 1960

France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (3189179 Sgt. D. O’Neill. R.E.) mounted as worn, good very fine (4) £70-£90

David O’Neill was born at Ballymena, Ireland, on 14 July 1914 and attested for the King’s Own Scottish Borderers at Jedburgh, Roxburgshire, on 1 September 1939, having previously served in the Territorial Army. Transferring to the Royal Engineers on 1 April 1941, he served during the Second World War in North West Europe from 19 November 1944, and subsequently with the British Army of the Rhine. He received a Commendation from the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (General Order 10 February 1961) for his conduct following the derailment of a military train near Utrecht on 21 November 1960, and was discharged on 31 August 1961, after 22 years’ service.

Sold together with the recipient’s Regular Army Certificate of Service Red Book; the recipient’s original Warrant Document; Passport; letters of congratulations following the award of the Commendation; the recipient’s own account of the train derailment; Second Class Certificate of Education; a large quantity of mainly group photographs; and other ephemera.