Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Major R. E. W. Cole, Manchester Regiment

General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (Lt. R. E. W. Cole. Manch.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued; Indian Independence Medal 1947 (Major R. E. W. Cole. Manch. R) officially impressed naming, mounted court-style as worn, contact marks and minor edge bruising to the first,otherwise very fine, the last scarce to unit (5) £160-£200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Robert Barltrop Collection of Medals to the Manchester Regiment.

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Ronald Edward William Cole was born on 24 November 1916, at Portsmouth, Hampshire. He was commissioned from the Royal Military College, into the Manchester Regiment on 27 August 1936, and promoted Lieutenant on 27 August 1939, Captain on 27 August 1944, and Major 27 August 1949. He served in Palestine with the 1st Battalion, Manchester Regiment. He resigned his commission on 4 March 1958, transferring to the Regular Army Reserve of Officers, retiring on attaining the age limit on 24 November 1966. He died on 27 January 1999, at Lee on Solent, his occupation described as Scientific Officer, Ministry of Defence (retired).