Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Second War B.E.M. group of three awarded to Battery Quartermaster Sergeant J. R. Stirrat, Royal Artillery

British Empire Medal, (Military) G.VI.R., 1st issue (1551612 B.Q.M.S. Joseph R. Stirrat. RA.) on original investiture pin; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, minor edge bruise to BEM, otherwise extremely fine (3) £180-£220

Dix Noonan Webb, December 2012.

B.E.M. London Gazette 10 April 1945:
‘In recognition of meritorious services.’

Joseph Reid Stirrat was born in Scotland on 5 January 1915 and attested for the 56th (Independent) Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Artillery, in 1939. He served with them unit throughout the Second World War, being awarded the British Empire Medal, ands was discharged on 25 November 1945. He died in Scotland on 18 November 1979.