Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Lieutenant R. J. McCullough, Royal Army Pay Corps, late Royal Field Artillery, who was taken Prisoner of War on the island of Crete in 1941
1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (1025454 S.Sjt. R. J. McCullough. R.A.P.C.) mounted court-style for display nearly extremely fine

Four: Major C. E. Sanford, Royal Army Pay Corps, late Royal Engineers
Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (1860449 S.Sjt. C. E. Sanford. R.A.P.C.) surname officially corrected, mounted as worn, good very fine

Three: Warrant Officer Class I W. C. Robinson, Royal Army Pay Corps
Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (7667505 W.O.Cl.2. W. C. Robinson. R.A.P.C.) mounted as worn, light contact marks, very fine (12) £140-£180

Robert James McCullough was born in Armagh on 31 March 1899. He attested for the Royal Artillery at Dublin 3 March 1919, and was posted to No. 5 Reserve Brigade, Royal Field Artillery as Gunner 16 March 1919. Transferred to the Royal Army Pay Corps 12 March 1920, he served as Lance Sergeant at Cologne in 1923 and Staff Sergeant in Egypt in 1935. Awarded the L.S. & G.C. Medal under Army Order 224 of October 1937, he was sent to Palestine on 26 July 1940 and was appointed to an Emergency Commission as Lieutenant 17 February 1941. Posted to Greece and Crete, he was captured by the Germans on 5 June 1941 and sent to P.O.W. camps at Lubeck, Warburg and Rottenburg; repatriated 18 April 1945, he spent 6 months at Millbank Military Hospital before returning to duties at the R.P.O. London on 4 December 1945.

Cecil Edward Sanford was born in Emsworth on 11 June 1901 and enlisted at Portsmouth for the Royal Engineers 22 April 1919. Transferred to the Royal Army Pay Corps 15 March 1920, he served as Sergeant in Singapore from 4 January 1929 and was awarded the L.S. & G.C. Medal in 1937. Posted to Chatham that same year, he was appointed to an Emergency Commission as Lieutenant 23 December 1940 and was advanced Acting Major and Staff Paymaster Class 2 on 24 October 1945. Sent to Cyprus in 1951, he served at Western Command Chester (Hoole Hall) from 6 May 1952, and died whilst still in service at the Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton, on 8 February 1956.

William Campbell Robinson served with the Royal Army Pay Corps from 26 February 1946 to 2 April 1965. Posted to the R.P.O. Ashton and R.P.O. Winchester, he was awarded the L.S. & G.C. Medal in 1958 and died at Barrow upon Humber 27 July 1997, his profession recorded as Chartered Accountant (retired).

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