Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A post-War B.E.M. group of eight awarded to Staff-Sergeant A. Macfadden, Royal Corps of Transport, late Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers and East Yorkshire Regiment

British Empire Medal, (Military) E.II.R. (22542761 S/Sgt. Albert Macfadden, R.C.T., T.A.); General Service 1918-62, 3 clasps, Palestine, Palestine 1945-48, Malaya (4342777 Pte. A. Macfadden. E. York. R.); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (22542761 Cpl. A. Mac.Fadden, R.E.M.E.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued, mounted court-style as worn, good very fine (8) £600-800

B.E.M. London Gazette 11 June 1966.

The Recommendation, dated 29 January 1966, states: ‘Staff Sergeant Albert Macfadden served for 24 years in the Regular Army in the Infantry and latterly in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. He attained the rank of Company Sergeant Major. His service took him to the Middle East and the Far East as well as North West Europe. In addition to Wartime service he served in Palestine both before and after World War Two, during the Malayan Emergency, and in Korea.
After his discharge from the Regular Army he enlisted into the Territorial Army in the Royal Army Service Corps. His Military Knowledge has proved to be of considerable value. Although of mature years his devotion to duty and enthusiasm for the well being of his unit is unflagging. His advice is frequently sought and invariably proves to be wise and helpful. He is always willing to give up his spare time to help the Territorial Army and thereby ensure that the Service he loves so well is kept well organised and trained.
He is employed by the Leicestershire and Rutland Territorial and Auxiliary Forces Association as a Civilian Chief Clerk where his service is of great value, and although he could obtain employment elsewhere attracting much higher pay he steadfastly prefers to remain with soldiers.’

Archibald ‘Albert’ Macfadden was born in Salford, Lancashire, on 20 May 1911 and attested for the East Yorkshire Regiment in 1933. He served with the Regiment in pre-War Palestine; during the Second World War, and then in post-War Palestine and in Malaya. Re-enlisting in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (his new service number being a re-enlistment number), he saw further service in Korea, and was advanced to Company Sergeant Major, before transferring to the Territorial Army. Recommended for the British Empire Medal for the 1966 New Year’s Honours’ List, he eventually received the award six months later in that year’s Birthday Honours’ List. He died in Leicester in 1982.

Sold with named Buckingham Palace enclosure for the B.E.M., this housed in a glazed display frame.