Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Warrant Officer Class I R. Simpson, Royal Army Pay Corps
1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R. (14715510 Sgt. R. Simpson. R.A.P.C.) mounted as worn, light contact marks throughout, very fine

Four: Sergeant R. H. Mason, Royal Army Pay Corps
1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, all privately engraved ‘7673797 Sgt. R. H. Mason. R.A.P.C.’; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (7673797 Sjt. R. H. Mason. R.A.P.C.) mounted court-style for wear, nearly very fine and better (9) £80-£100

Roy Simpson was born in Preston, Lancashire, on 31 January 1926, and attested for the Territorial Army on 17 February 1944. Posted to the 6th Battalion, The King’s Own Regiment, 28 June 1944, he transferred to the 7th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders on 5 October 1944 and later served in England with the Royal Army Pay Corps from 26 September 1945. Qualified as Clerk 1st Class on 7 August 1946, Simpson served in Singapore and Hong Kong and was taken on strength C.P.O. Malaya and FARELF on 11 December 1956. He subsequently served in Thailand in 1964 and was advanced Acting Warrant Officer Class I the following year.

Reginald Hubert Mason was born in Birmingham on 27 March 1914 and enlisted for duty with the R.A.P.C. at Kidderminster 8 October 1940. Advanced Acting Sergeant 12 February 1944, he served in Egypt and Jerusalem in 1945 and was discharged on 10 February 1954. He died in Lichfield on 7 September 1986, his profession noted as Local Government Officer (retired).

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