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Auction: 20001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 623

Pair: Trooper D. S. Freer, Light Dragoons, Royal Armoured Corps

Iraq 2003-11, no clasp (25157819 Tpr D S Freer LD); Operational Service Medal 2000, 1 clasp, Afghanistan (25157819 Tpr D S Freer LD), mounted court-style as worn, pin removed, nearly extremely fine (2)

David Stephen Freer enlisted in the Light Dragoons in September 2002 and served in Iraq during 2005 with 'B' Squadron. He would have participated (either as a spectator or player) in the famous 'Desert Ashes' that summer which took place at the Al Muthanna Cricket Ground, some three miles south of Baghdad. The 2nd Australian Cavalry came up against the Light Dragoons in 55 degree heat and dished out a thrashing in their first encounter, scoring 221-6 off the allotted 25 overs. The Dragoons mustered just 102 all out. Both units formed part of Task Force Eagle, who pushed out into the city to fight insurgents during the tour.

Freer was deployed to Afghanistan in late 2006 and signed off from the British Army in November 2007; sold together with a plethora of images from his time on active service, copied service records and qualification certificates and copied research.

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Sold for
£380

Starting price
£140