The Collection of Medals Formed by Bill and Angela Strong

General Service 1962, 3 clasps, South Arabia, Dhofar, Northern Ireland (23982996 Pte. D. Shaw, PWO.) unofficial connection between 2nd and 3rd clasps, good very fine; rare clasp combination to unit £300-350

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Bill and Angela Strong Medal Collection.

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David Shaw was born in Keighley, West Yorkshire on 12 July 1944. A Fisherman by occupation, he enlisted into the Prince of Wales’s Regiment on 12 September 1963. With them he served in the BAOR, December 1963-April 1965; Aden, September 1965-October 1967; Cyprus, February-September 1970; Muscat, September 1970-January 1971; Cyprus January 1971-April 1972; Northern Ireland, May 1972-November 1973; BAOR, August 1976-March 1977; Northern Ireland, March-May 1977; BAOR, May 1977; Muscat & Oman, August 1977-January 1979. He purchased his discharge on 5 January 1979. A unique three clasp medal to the P.W.O. and one of only two Dhofar clasps to the regiment.