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Auction: 23001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 184

Five: Trooper J. S. Cowie, Fife and Forfar Yeomanry, late 107th Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps (King's Own) and King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)

1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, in named card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mr. J. S. Cowie, 55 Heathfield Road, Fleetwood, Lancashire’; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (3711891 Tpr. J. S. Cowie. F. & F. Yeo.), extremely fine (5)

James Scot Cowie joined the King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) on 3 February 1938 and transferred to the 107th Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps (King's Own) on 1 November 1941. He joined the 2nd Fife & Forfar Yeomanry on 31 August 1942.

After training in Northern Ireland and other parts of the United Kingdom, the 2nd Fife and Forfar Yeomanry took part in the Normandy landings with the 29th Armoured Brigade in the 11th Armoured Division in June 1944, operating tanks including the Comet. It subsequently saw action in Operation Epsom in June 1944, Operation Goodwood in July 1944, Operation Bluecoat in August 1944 and the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944. Cowie was transferred to the Reserve on 16 May 1946; sold together with copied RAC Tracer card.

See Burning Steel - The 2nd Fife and Forfar Yeomanry in Normandy and the ETO which is available via: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CV6ptlI93A for more details.



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£250

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