Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Captain N. R. L. McGregor, Federation of Malay States Volunteer Force, who was taken Prisoner of War at the Fall of Singapore, 15 February 1942

1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Malaya, reverse engraved ‘Captain Noel R. L. McGregor, F.M.S.V.F.’, with integral top riband bar, good very fine and better (5) £200-£240

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of David Lloyd.

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Provenance: Eric Smith Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, September 2009.

Noel Richard Lacy McGregor was born on Christmas Day 1900, and enlisted in the Federation of Malay States Volunteer Force in September 1925. He was taken Prisoner of War at the Fall of Singapore on 15 February 1942, and spent the rest of the War in captivity, the majority of 1943 being spent in hospital. He was awarded his Efficiency Decoration in 1949 (Federation of Malaya Government Gazette 28 April 1949).

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