Orders, Decorations and Medals

Four: Sergeant T. Anderson, Army Catering Corps

General Service 1962, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24231202 Pte., A.C.C.); Rhodesia 1980 (24231202 Cpl., A.C.C.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (24231202 Sgt., A.C.C.); Zimbabwe Independence Medal 1980, the edge officially numbered ‘65918’, good very fine or better and scarce (4) £500-600

Thomas Anderson served in the Monitoring Force in Rhodesia from December 1979 to March 1980, based at the 1st Regiment S.A.S. camp near Salisbury, and was one of nine cooks from the Army Catering Corps so employed. He was presented with his Rhodesia Medal by Brigadier Richard Cook at a special parade held at Simpson Barracks, Northampton; sold with a photocopied newspaper feature which includes a photograph of the Brigadier and Anderson.