Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Arabian Peninsula (23134491 Tpr. J. Sweeney. Royals.) nearly extremely fine £80-£100

Only 1 Squadron of the unit present in the Arabian Peninsula.

J. Sweeney served with the 1st Dragoons from 8 April 1955 to 30 November 1972, and died 18 September 2010. ‘C’ Squadron, Royals were in Sharjah, Aden from November 1959; this Squadron was not present in Malaya the following year, and by 1961 the Royals became the Royal Dragoons (1st Dragoons)