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Auction: 19003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 230

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Seven: Sergeant T. McKay, Royal Garrison Artillery

British War and Victory Medals 1914-19 (937829 Sjt. T. McKay. R.A.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (137829 Bmbr. T. McKay.); Defence Medal 1939-45; Coronation 1953; Metropolitan Police L.S. & G.C. (Const. Thomas McKay); St. John's Ambulance Service Medal, bronze, very fine, mounted in court style, displayed in a glazed frame with two 'R.H.A.' brass shoulder badges, a Royal Artillery cap badge, and a Great War period unit photograph in which McKay appears prominently (7)

Thomas McKay was baptised at Aldershot Garrison Church on 6 June 1898, the son of an officer's servant. His family lived at 22 Lime Street, Aldershot. During the Great War he served as a Bombardier in the Royal Garrison Artillery, rising to the rank of Sergeant before war's end. He appears, mounted on horse, in a unit photograph taken just before the Armistice (illustrated). He joined the Metropolitan Police as a Constable on 17 September 1923, and was posted to 'Z' Division. On 21 August 1924 he married Isabella Constance Gibson of 10 Brookhill Road, Woolwich. Her father was Book-Keeper at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich. He qualified for a Second Class Educational Certificate on 19 February 1926, before moving with Isabella to 114 Valley Road, Kenley. Their son Donald was born on 24 April 1933. McKay retired on 17 September 1953, his conduct described as 'exemplary'. He died on 23 January 1973 at 114 Valley Road, Kenley, Surrey; sold with the recipient's birth, marriage and death certificates, and his certificate of discharge.



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£350

Starting price
£180