Eight: Major D. McCreadie, Rangoon Battalion, Burma Auxiliary Force, late Indian Army

British War Medal 1914-20 (2-Lieut.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (Lieut., 2 Q.V.O. S & M.) naming corrected; 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals, these unnamed; Coronation 1937 (Capt. D. McCreadie, Rangoon Batt. B.A.F.); Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Burma, reverse inscribed, ‘Capt. David McCreadie, Rangoon Battn. Burma A.F.’, mounted court style for wear, contact marks, nearly very fine, rare (8)
£350-450

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Long Service Medals from the Collection formed by John Tamplin.

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Just before the Great War, David McCreadie was employed as an Assistant with Rowe & Co., General Importers, Rangoon. He was employed with them until the early 1940’s when he was employed as an Assistant with Stuart, Smith & Allen, Chartered and Registered Agents, Rangoon. His ability to speak both Burmese and Hindustani would have been an advantage to both companies. He also served in the Military Forces. He was appointed to the I.A.R.O. on 24 June 1918 as a 2nd Lieutenant, and was advanced to Lieutenant on 24 June 1919. He served in the Great War and in the Third Afghan War with the 2nd Battalion Queen Victoria’s Own Sappers & Miners. Continuing his service after the war, McCreadie joined the Auxiliary Forces (India). He was appointed a 2nd Lieutenant in the Rangoon Battalion A.F.(I) on 10 August 1928. He was promoted to Lieutenant on 10 August 1931 and Captain on 25 September 1935. The Rangoon Battalion subsequently became part of the Burma Auxiliary Force. At the time of the Coronation in 1937, Captain McCreadie formed part of the Burma Coronation Contingent, joining the contingent in the U.K. McCreadie was promoted to Major on 18 January 1939. He was awarded the Efficiency Decoration (Burma) in 1939, this notified in the Burma Gazette of 26 August 1939. Sold with copied research. In The Efficiency Decoration, by J. M. A. Tamplin, McCreadie is one of 16 recipients of the E.D. whose names were gleaned from the Burma Gazette.