Orders, Decorations and Medals

Six: Sergeant A. E. Clanchy, Southern Rhodesia Armoured Car Regiment, attached South Africa Corps of Signals, and a member of the Southern Rhodesia “Victory Contingent” in London in 1946

1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Africa Service Medal 1939-45, this last officially inscribed, ‘SR. 597726 A. E. Clanchy’, extremely fine (6) £60-80

Arthur Edward Clanchy, who was born in Kilkenny, Ireland in May 1905, attested for the Southern Rhodesian Forces at Umtali in August 1940, and was embarked for Egypt as a member of the 11th Division, Rhodesia Reconnaisance Unit, in February 1941 - that August he joined the strength of the Armoured Car Regiment in the rank of Acting Sergeant. Transferring to the Union Defence Force (U.D.F.) in December 1942, he qualified as a Wireless Operator and was posted to the S.A. Corps of Signals, in which capacity he witnessed further active service in the Middle East and Italy with No. 7 Company, S.A.C.S., before returning to Durban in October 1945. Clanchy, who was a member of the Southern Rhodesia “Victory Contingent” in London in 1946, died in May 1993; sold with copied service record which confirms his entitlement to the above described awards.