Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Rhodesian General Service Medal to Trooper A. J. Stanley, 1st Rhodesian Light Infantry, killed in action, 20 April 1979

Rhodesia, General Service Medal (124775 Tpr. A. J. Stanley) extremely fine £400-500

With photograph of the Stanley’s gravestone on which is inscribed, ‘730180 Trooper Andrew James Stanley, 5 Aug. 1960, 20 Apr. 1979, aged 18 Years, 1 R.L.I., Regular Army, ...’ With ‘Rhodesia’ cloth badge.

Research with the lot confirms that ‘124775 Tpr. A. J. Stanley’ and ‘730180 Tpr. A. J. Stanley’, in having the same date of birth, were one and the same man.