Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A C.P.M. group of eight awarded to Superintendent D. Drayton, Uganda Police, late Federation of Malaya Police and Captain, 7th Gurkha Rifles - with whom he was M.I.D. for operations in Italy during the Second War

1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. Oak Leaf; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (A. Sp. D. Drayton. F Of M. Pol.) edge bruise; Colonial Police Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue, for Meritorious Service (Supt. Denys Drayton, Uganda.); Uganda Independence Medal 1962, mounted as worn, generally nearly very fine or better (8) £400-£500

C.P.M. London Gazette 1 January 1962.

M.I.D. London Gazette 11 January 1945 (Italy).

Denys Drayton was born in July 1923, and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 7th Gurkha Rifles in March 1942. He advanced to Lieutenant in October of the same year, and ultimately Acting Captain. After the war he served as Assistant Superintendent with the Federation of Malaya Police, before serving as a Superintendent with the Uganda Police. Drayton served in Gulu, Northern Province, Uganda, near the Sudan border in the later 1950’s. After retirement he was employed as Personnel Manager for Spillers the flour millers.