Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Second War ‘Civil Division’ M.B.E. group of three awarded to Acting Sergeant W. C. Barrons, Army Service Corps, later Honorary Secretary of the Northampton and Northamptonshire Information Committee

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E., (Civil) Member’s 2nd type, breast badge, silver, in Royal Mint case of issue; British War and Victory Medals (DM2-164502 A. Sjt. W. C. Barrons. A.S.C.) extremely fine (3) £120-£160

M.B.E. London Gazette 9 January 1946.

William Cowper Barrons was born in Fife, Scotland, in 1891. A journalist, he attested into the Army Service Corps for service during the Great War. Serving on the Western Front, he was advanced Acting Sergeant. Post war he returned to journalism later serving at Editor of the Yorkshire Evening Post before taking up the same role with the Northampton Chronicle. He served during the Second War with the Ministry of Information, specifically as the Honorary Secretary of the Northampton and Northamptonshire Information Committee, for which was was awarded an M.B.E. in the 1946 New Years Honours List. He died in 1965.

Sold with copied Medal Index Card, copied Medal roll extract and copied gazette entry.