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1 & 2 March 2017

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Lot

№ 125

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1 March 2017

Hammer Price:
£850

A Post-War B.E.M. group of seven awarded to Sergeant T. S. Dyson, Federation of Malaya Police, late Palestine Police

British Empire Medal, (Civil) E.II.R. (Tom Stanley Dyson.); General Service 1918-62, 3 clasps, Palestine, Palestine 1945-48, Malaya (1011 B/Const. T. S. Dyson. Pal. Police.); 1939-1945 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Colonial Police L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., with Second Award Bar (199 European Sgt. Tom S. Dyson. Fed. Malaya Police) edge prepared prior to naming, mounted court-style for display purposes, good very fine (7) £500-600

B.E.M. London Gazette 2 June 1962: ‘Lately Police Lieutenant, Royal Federation of Malaya Police.’

Tom Stanley Dyson was born in Halifax, Yorkshire, in September 1911. He enlisted for the Palestine Police on 14 October 1931, and was a Sergeant at the time of his retirement from the Palestine Police in 1948. He subsequently enlisted in the Federation of Malaya Police, in which force he served in the Johore Contingent where he latterly held the rank of Police Lieutenant. He was awarded his Colonial Police Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, together with the Second Award Bar, in December 1957 (Federation of Malaya Government Gazette) on 26 December 1957.

Sold together with the recipient’s related miniature award group.