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Auction: 20001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 621

Pair: Corporal B. 'Billy' McDermott, Duke of Lancaster's Regiment, late King's Own Royal Border Regiment, a trained sniper who served as a Strike Team Commander during a raid on the Shia Flats, Basra - their mission removed the threat of 20 Iraqi insurgents who had previously killed a number of his comrades with an IED

Iraq 2003-11, no clasp (25168281 Pte B P McDermott Korbr); Operational Service Medal 2000, for Afghanistan, 1 clasp, Afghanistan (Cpl B P McDermott Lancs 25168281), nearly extremely fine (2)

B. 'Billy' McDermott served in Basra as a Strike Team Commander during an operation that killed 20 insurgents in the Shia Flats area. The prominent group had been responsible for the deaths of four comrades a week before with an IED, including the death of the female Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance Officer. The attack was widely reported in the British press and an account is available via:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1548413/20-Shia-gunmen-die-in-British-Basra-fightback.html

On another occasion in Iraq, Kingsman A. J. Jones, a member of McDermott's patrol group was killed in action on 23 April 2007 during an attack in the Al Ashar area. He latterly served in Afghanistan, initially on two-month postings that were extended to a 6-month attachment to the Grenadier Guards. This attachment included being 'on the scene shortly after the rogue Afghan policeman murdered some Guards'. A further attachment to 3 Rifles in the Babaji and Sangin Valley area followed; sold together with numerous photographs and typed research.

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Sold for
£800

Starting price
£180