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Auction: 11011 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 222

A Good N.G.S. for Malaya to Lieutenant J.B. Coop, 40 Commando, Royal Marines, Killed in Action 2.4.1951 During ´X´ Troop´s 21 Day Patrol Around Kula Kangsar Naval General Service 1915-62, G.VI.R., one clasp, Malaya (Lt. J.B. Coop. R.M.), extremely fine Estimate £ 1,000-1,200 Lieutenant James Barry Coop, Commissioned Second Lieutenant, 1.1.1944; promoted Lieutenant, 20.1.1946; served with 40 Commando, Royal Marines, during the Malaya Campaign, as part of ´X´ Troop, which was given the task of controlling an area around Kuala Kangsar, Perak, to the north of the Peninsular; killed in action with Communist insurgents, 2.4.1951, during the Troop´s 21-day patrol.

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