Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A fine post-war K.P.M. C.P.M. group of eight awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel T. S. Anderson, Ulster Defence Regiment, late British Somaliland and Sarawak Police

King’s Police Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, for Distinguished Service (Supt. Thomas S. Anderson, C.P.M., Somaliland Police); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Brunei (Dy. C.S.C. T. S. Anderson, Sarawak Police); General Service 1962, 2 clasps, Borneo, Northern Ireland (Dy. C.S.C. T. S. Anderson, Sarawak Police); Colonial Police Medal for Meritorious Service, G.VI.R., 2nd issue (Supt. Thomas S. Anderson, Brit. Somaliland Police), contact marks and a little polished, otherwise generally very fine or better (8) £800-1000

K.P.M. London Gazette 9 June 1949.

Thomas Stewart Anderson was awarded his K.P.M. in respect of services as a Superintendent in the British Somaliland Police. Having then transferred to the Sarawak Police and been actively employed in Brunei and Borneo, he was appointed a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Ulster Defence Regiment in January 1968.