Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Cyprus, Near East, unofficial retaining rod between clasps (22822043 Sgt. S. J. Andrews. Para.) rank partially corrected, good very fine £70-£90

S. J. Andrews was born in 1932 and attested for the Parachute Regiment at Manchester on 17 April 1950. He is mentioned in Sandy Cavenagh’s book ‘Airborne to Suez’ stating that he was the machine gun platoon sergeant of 3rd Parachute Battalion in Cyprus just prior to the parachute invasion of Suez in November 1956. He transferred to the Reserve on 19 November 1960.

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