General Service 1962-2007, 3 clasps, Borneo, Malay Peninsula, Northern Ireland, unofficial retaining rods between clasps (22544563 Tpr. A. A. Norwell. QRIH.) mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine £300-£400

Dix Noonan Webb, June 2007.

Alec A. Norwell joined the Army in 1957 and was posted to the Queen’s Royal Irish Hussars, service with ‘B’ Squadron in Borneo and the Malay Peninsula from December 1962. He saw further service with ‘D’ Squadron in Northern Ireland from 15 December 1983 to 27 February 1984, the Regiment’s only tour of duty to the Province, where they were tasked with guarding I.R.A. prisoners at the Maze prison in Belfast. He subsequently took over the running of the Heide Troop of the Old Comrades’ Association, comprising ex-members of the Regiment who had settled in Germany.

Sold with copied research, including extracts for the Journal of the Queen’s Royal Irish Hussars which includes various photographs of the recipient.