Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private C. McCarthy, Black Watch, who was wounded in action at the Battle of the Hook, 18-19 November 1952

Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (22462192 Pte. C. McCarthy. B.W.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued, nearly extremely fine (2) £300-£400

Charles McCarthy, a native of Dunfermline, attested for the Black Watch and served with 10 Platoon, 1st Battalion in Korea. He was Wounded in Action at the Battle of the Hook on 18-19 November 1952, on which occasion the Black Watch held their position in spite of enduring an intense enemy bombardment and a most determined attempt to dislodge them. During the battle the Battalion suffered an estimated 21 killed in action, and 63 wounded in action, and received the Battle Honours ‘The Hook 1952’ and ‘Korea 1952-53’.

Sold with copied research including an extract from ‘The Red Hackle’, January 1953, which lists McCarthy as a casualty; owing to the fact that no service number is mentioned next to his surname (which are referenced to differentiate those where there was more than one man of that name in the Regiment) it would imply that he was the only McCarthy serving in the Regiment at the time.