Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Second War M.B.E. group of four attributed to Honorary Junior Commander Phyllis M. Cooper, Auxiliary Territorial Service

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type, lady’s shoulder badge; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Territorial, reverse officially dated ‘1951’, very fine and better (4) £140-£180

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

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M.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1943.

Phyllis Mary Cooper (née Kent) was appointed Company Assistant in the newly created Auxiliary Territorial Service on 21 October 1938. Advanced 2nd Subaltern on 3 September 1939, she was raised Subaltern on 24 April 1941 and Temporary Junior Commander on 6 March 1942. Entitlement to the Efficiency Decoration is confirmed in the London Gazette of 23 November 1951, which notes her rank as Honorary Junior Commander in the A.T.S.

Sold with copied research, including a fine article regarding the recipient’s wedding day and marriage to Captain Harry Anderson Cooper at St. Mary’s Church, Charlton King’s, and a large image of the recipient, but no original documentation.