Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R. (2/Lt. B. Carroll. W.R.A.C.) edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine £70-£90

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

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Barbara Carroll attested for the Women’s Royal Army Corps in August 1953. Serving initially in the ranks, she was appointed to a commission on 3 March 1955 and posted to Headquarters FARELF (Far East Land Forces) at Singapore. Raised Lieutenant on 3 March 1956, she married Captain J. S. Gibson, R.E.M.E., in the garrison church on 3 April 1957, before resigning her commission on 31 December 1957.