Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Sergeant A. B. Armstrong, Royal Air Force, late King’s Own Scottish Borderers and Corps of Military Police

1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 2nd issue (2260189 Sgt. A. B. Armstrong. R.A.F.) mounted as worn, good very fine (4) £60-£80

Andrew Brown Armstrong was born Andrew Brown Armstrong Baxter, changing his name in 1947, and attested for the King’s Own Scottish Borderers, serving with the 1st Battalion as part of the British Expeditionary Force in 1940. He was present during the evacuation from Dunkirk, and subsequently served with the Corps of Military Police from August 1942, before being medically discharged in March 1944, and in May 1944 joined the Royal Scots Army Cadet Force. He resigned from the Cadet Force on medical grounds, and subsequently served with the Royal Air Force (letters from the recipient included with lot refer).