Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Helicopter Pilot Instructor Major P. R. Richardson, Army Air Corps, late Royal Army Service Corps, who was tragically killed in a flying accident in Hong Kong in 1963

War Medal 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (Capt. P. R. Richardson. R.A.S.C.) contact marks, nearly very fine (2) £240-£280

Peter Ronald Richardson was born on 25 May 1926 in Bombay, India. He attended Cranbrook School, Kent and attested for service at Maidstone in the General Service Corps, in January 1944, declaring prior service in the 23rd Battalion, Kent Home Guard. His home address then being at The Rectory, Ivychurch, New Romney, Kent. He served in the ranks of the G.S.C. and the Middlesex Regiment, for 1 year and 276 days before receiving an Emergency Commission as Second Lieutenant the Royal West Kent Regiment on 15 June 1946. He subsequently transferred to the Royal Army Service Corps and was promoted Lieutenant on 28 August 1948, and Captain on 25 May 1953. He trained as a helicopter and fixed wing light aircraft pilot, later qualifying as a helicopter pilot instructor and transferred to the Army Air Corps on 19 December 1959. He was promoted Major, Army Air Corps, on 25 May 1960, and was tragically killed, at the age of 37, in an aircraft accident in the New Territories, Hong Kong on 27 July 1963, whilst serving with 20 Independent Recce Flight, Army Air Corps. He is buried in the Commonwealth Happy Valley Cemetery, Hong Kong, and is additionally commemorated on the Armed Forces Memorial at the National Arboretum.

Sold with copy death certificate, original correspondence relating to his time at Cranbrook School, copied service record and other research, and two copy group photographs which include the recipient.