Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

South Atlantic 1982, with rosette (24539709 Gdsm. J. McGuinness, SG), good very fine £600-800

Joseph McGuinness was born in Scotland in January 1964 and enlisted in the Scots Guards in May 1980, aged 18 years. During the attack on Mount Tumbledown, he served in No. 2 Platoon, Right Flank Company, 2nd Battalion, under Lieutenant Mark Mathewson. He qualified as a sniper and was advanced to Lance-Corporal in November 1983 prior to his discharge in 1985; sold with copied service record. See previous lot for his brother’s awards.