Four: Corporal Marjorie A. Chilcott, Women’s Royal Army Corps

Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Kenya (W/55492 Cpl. M. A. Chilcott. W.R.A.C.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (W/55492 Pte. M. A. Chilcott. W.R.A.C.) light contact marks, very fine (4) £140-£180

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Norman Gooding Collection.

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Marjorie A. Chilcott was born in Bridgwater, Somerset, in 1915, and enlisted in the Auxiliary Territorial Service in 1941. Transferring to the Women’s Royal Army Corps, she later served in Kenya during the Mau Mau uprising and was one of just 7 officers and 70 other ranks of the W.R.A.C. who received the AGS medal with Kenya clasp. Her L.S.G.C. Medal was later announced in List No. 47 of 1960.