Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Lieutenant-Colonel P. J. C. Vyner, General List

1939-45 Star; Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45, these unnamed; General Service 1918-62, M.I.D. oak leaf, 2 clasps, Malaya, Arabian Peninsula, G.VI.R. (Capt., Gen. List); Jubilee 1977, unnamed, good very fine (5) £450-550

M.I.D. London Gazette 31 May 1955. ‘... in recognition of distinguished service in Malaya during the period 1st July to 31st December, 1954’.

Peter James Cayley Vyner was born on 16 July 1924. Served over one year in the ranks of the Indian Army. Appointed a 2nd Lieutenant on 12 December 1943. Promoted War Substantive Lieutenant in June 1944; served as Acting Captain, March 1946 and May-October 1946. On Unemployed List, October 1946-April 1951 and in the Reserve of Officers, April 1951. Appointed S.S.C. Lieutenant in July 1951; Captain in July 1955. In the R.A.O.C., appointed Lieutenant in September 1950 and Captain in March 1956. Promoted to Major in September 1961. Awarded the Jubilee Medal 1977 as Lieutenant-Colonel, H.Q. Paderborn Garrison. With copied research.