Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Captain E. G. Pockson, 3rd Madras Regiment, Indian Army

1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, all contemporarily named ‘FC12947 Capt E G Pockson. 3/Madras Regt’, nearly extremely fine (4) £70-£90

Eric Geoffrey Pockson was born in Westbury Park, Bristol, on 2 March 1917. Enlisting into the Army on 13 March 1940, he served as a Temporary Captain, 10/3 Madras Regiment from 29 May 1943, and was promoted Staff Captain in January 1946.

Sold with the recipient’s 1943 Identity Card; Officer’s Record of Service Book; Soldier’s Pay Book; letters of thanks for service from the India Office and New Delhi; and various Army Orders and other documents.