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Auction: 20001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 400

The 2 clasp General Service Medal awarded to Captain J. M. Baird, West Yorkshire Regiment, late Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Palestine 1945-48, Malaya (Lt. J. M. Baird. Oxf & Bucks.), mounted as worn, unofficial rivets between clasps, good very fine

John Melville Baird was on 26 March 1927 and served in the ranks for 1 year and 80 days before being commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the Indian Army. Promoted Lieutenant he served with the Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry from 10 December 1947 and latterly with the West Yorkshire Regiment from 18 June 1949. Promoted Captain in August 1951, Baird was transferred to the Reserve on 23 April 1954; sold with typed biographical details.

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Sold for
£400

Starting price
£140