Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Lieutenant Mildred A. Baker, Women’s Auxiliary Service

1939-45 Star; Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, S.E. Asia 1945-46 (Lt. M. A. Baker. W.A.S. (.B.).) good very fine (4) £120-£160

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Norman Gooding Collection.

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Mildred Alean ‘Biddy’ Baker was born in Meiktila, Burma, on 18 September 1907, the daughter of Lieutenant W. B. Baker of the 1st/10th Gurkha Rifles. A governess by profession, she served from April 1944 to April 1946 as Lieutenant in the Women’s Auxiliary Service (Burma), qualifying as a Member of the Burma Star Association (Card Serial No. 8701). Unit W.A.S. (B) accompanied the British forces throughout Burma and later went to Sumatra and Java. The Unit History offers three photographs of the recipient, adding that she was present at Bulldozer Ridge from 27 October 1944 to 27 November 1944, followed by a posting to Imphal. She died in Tunbridge Wells on 27 December 1975.

Sold with an original photograph of the recipient in military uniform.