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Auction: 19002 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 399

(x) A 1956 B.E.M. group of seven awarded to Private G. T. Cargill, Head Chancery Guard and Chief Security Officer to the British Embassy in Paris, who served in the late Tank Corps during the Great War

British Empire Medal, (Civil) E.II.R. (George Tait Cargill), officially impressed naming upon a pre-prepared ground; British War and Victory Medals (92526 Pte. G. T. Cargill. Tank Corps.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1953; France, Honour Medal of Foreign Affairs, type 1, Gold issue, silver-gilt, very fine (7)

B.E.M. London Gazette 31 May 1956:

'Mr. Cargill is at present Head Chancery Guard and Chief Security Officer of the British Embassy in Paris. Both in this post and during his previous service in other Capitals Mr. Cargill has shown himself a particularly hard working and reliable officer. In recognition of these outstanding services Her Majesty The Queen has been graciously pleased to award to Mr. Cargill the British Empire Medal.'

George Tait Cargill of King's Stables, Stirling, attested for the 16th Company, 'F' Battalion, Machine Gun Corps on 12 October 1914, giving his civilian trade as motor engineer. Posted to the Tank Corps, he served 17 months as a tank gunner and driver, being wounded on 8 October 1918 suffering from a gunshot wound to the right heel. Admitted to General Hospital, Rouen, and later the 16th General Hospital at Le Treport, Cargill returned home aboard the Panama, receiving further treatment with the Springburn and Woodside Red Cross at Glasgow. Disembodied on 22 February 1919, he went on to forge a distinguished career as a Security Officer and died at the Horton Hospital, Epsom, Surrey, on 13 February 1979.

Sold together with original citation for B.E.M., bearing the stamp of the British Embassy, Paris; original letter from 10 Downing Street informing the recipient of his impending B.E.M. award, dated 28 May 1956; Buckingham Palace letter certifying that the Queen has been graciously pleased to give Mr. G. T. Cargill Restricted Permission to wear the Medal conferred upon him by the President of the French Republic (Gold Medal); original box of issue for Second World War awards, addressed to 'Mr. G. T. Cargill, c/o Cargill, 18A Carradale St., Coatbridge'.


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