Orders, Decorations and Medals

Six: Acting Corporal C.R. Backhouse, Parachute Regiment and 1st Special Air Service Regiment

1939-45 STAR; AFRICA STAR, clasp, 8th Army; ITALY STAR; FRANCE AND GERMANY STAR; WAR MEDAL, M.I.D.; EFFICIENCY MEDAL, bar 'Territorial' (2931 Pte., Para. Regt.) very fine or better (6)

M.I.D., London Gazette, 20th September, 1945 - Corpl. (actg.) C.R. Backhouse, S.A.S.R., .‘...in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in the field.’

Awarded for Operation ‘Amherst’ when 700 men from British and French Squadrons dropped behind enemy lines in 19 separate areas, on 6th April 1945, to disrupt their rear areas in Northern Holland. Sold with further details including a page copied from 'Pegasus' journal where Trooper Backhouse appears in a group photograph.