Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Eight: Lieutenant-Colonel E. A. Sinnock, Royal Signals, who was Mentioned in Despatches ‘for gallant and distinguished services in Malaya’

1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Malaya, Near East, G.VI.R., with M.I.D. oak leaves, unofficial retaining rod between clasps (Major. E. A. Sinnock. R. Sigs.); Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Militia (Lt. E. A. Sinnock. R. Sigs.) mounted as worn, good very fine (8) £240-£280

Ernest Anthony Sinnock was born in Brighton on 4 January 1916 and served in the ranks for over six years. Appointed to a commission in the Royal Signals in 1943, he was raised Acting Captain 1945, Major 1952, and Lieutenant-Colonel in 1959. Mentioned in Despatches ‘for gallant and distinguished services in Malaya’ (London Gazette 13 December 1949), he retired in 1961 and died in Brighton in 2004.