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Auction: 14001 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 247

Six: Lieutenant-Colonel W.A. Forrest, Royal Army Medical Corps, Late Sub-Lieutenant, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, Who Served With the Submarine Service in H.M.S. Scythian
1939-1945 Star; Africa Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals; General Service 1918-62, E.II.R., one clasp, Malaya (Major W.A. Forrest. R.A.M.C.), good very fine (6)

Lieutenant-Colonel William Alistair Forrest, born Wandsworth, London, 23.7.1924; Commissioned Sub-Lieutenant, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, 23.7.1944; volunteered for the 'Submarine Service' and served in H.M.S. Scythian from 11.10.1944, during which period the submarine earned the battle honours 'Atlantic 1944' and 'Malaya 1945'- during her patrols in the Straits of Malacca, Scythian is recorded to have sunk several Japanese vessels; after the War qualified as a Doctor at St. Mary's Hospital, London, and joined the Royal Army Medical Corps with the rank of Lieutenant, 13.10.1951; promoted Captain, 13.10.1952; Major, 13.10.1959; served with the Far East Land Forces in Malaya 1959-62; Senior Instructor, First Aid Training School, R.A.M.C., 1963-64; promoted Lieutenant-Colonel, 13.10.1964; Officer Commanding Training Wing R.A.M.C. Depot 1964-66; Senior Medical Officer, 19th Infantry Brigade and Commanding Officer 19th Field Ambulance, 1966-68; retired, 5.4.1970.

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