Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A post-War ‘Civil Division’ M.B.E. group of six awarded to Major T. H. Howat, Royal Signals

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E., (Civil) Member’s 2nd type, breast badge, silver; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Palestine 1945-48, Malaya, the top clasp loose on riband, held together with cotton (Maj. T. H. Howat. R. Sigs.) mounted court-style as worn; together with the related miniature awards, these similarly mounted, light contact marks, very fine (6) £260-£300

M.B.E. London Gazette, 21 October 1955.

Thomas Henry Howat was commissioned into the Royal Signals on 28 February 1941 and served during the Second War in North Africa. He continued to served post war and was advanced Captain on 24 August 1945. Further advanced Major, he saw further service in Palestine and Malaya and was appointed M.B.E. in October 1955. After retirement, he served as an Army Cadet Force instructor at George Heriot’s School, Edinburgh.

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