Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (2) (01354 Cpl. T. Scott. D.C.L.I.; 01060 Pte. G. A. Udale. D.C.L.I.) suspension crudely re-affixed on first and neatly restored on second, the first good fine, the second nearly very fine (2) £100-£140

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the 46th Foot and its Successor Units.

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Thomas Henry Scott was born in Jacobstow, Cornwall, in 1894, and attested for the 5th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry on 25 August 1914. Posted to the 6th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment on 3 December 1914, he served with them during the Great War in India, before proceeding from there to Mesopotamia in March 1916, and took part in the Relief of Kut operations (entitled to the British War and Victory Medals). Reverting to the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, he saw further service in Iraq and Mesopotamia post-War, before being discharged on 25 March 1922.
Sold with copied research.

Sold also with copied Medal Index Card and medal roll extract which implies that this is Private G. A. Udale’s sole entitlement.