General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Cyprus (Lt. R. D. C. Uniacke, I.G.) bruise to rim, otherwise good very fine

Captain R. D. C. Uniacke was commissioned, 2nd Lieutenant, in the Irish Guards on 16 December, 1955; Lieutenant, 16 December, 1957; Captain, 16 December, 1961. In January 1961 Captain Uniacke was seriously injured and broke his back whilst undergoing training on a pre-Para ‘Hardening Course’ for No.1 (Guards) Independent Parachute Company.