Orders, Decorations and Medals

Four: Private G. W. Glarvey, Gloucestershire Regiment, taken prisoner-of-war at Imjin and mentioned in despatches

Defence and War Medals, unnamed; Korea 1950-53, 1st issue, M.I.D. oak leaf (5500001 Pte., Glosters); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed; U.S.A. Presidential Unit Citation, riband bar, nearly extremely fine (5) £1800-2200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals for The Korean War 1950-53.

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M.I.D. London Gazette 4 December 1953. Awarded for the Imjin River battle, 22-25 April 1951.

Private G. W. Glarvey, Gloucestershire Regiment was serving with Battalion H.Q. at Imjin and was mentioned in despatches. He was listed as a prisoner-of-war in The Times of 29 December 1951. Sold with some copied research.