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4 & 5 March 2020

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Lot

№ 578

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4 March 2020

Hammer Price:
£130

Pair: Captain I. N. Bowerman, Royal Artillery

Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (Capt. I. N. Bowerman. R.A.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued, nearly extremely fine (2) £140-£180

Ian Nicholas Bowerman was born in June 1921 in Richmond, Surrey, and joined the Royal Artillery in the ranks in 1939. He was serving in the Middle East when he was selected to attend the Middle East O.C.T.U. and was commissioned into the Royal Artillery on 23 August 1942. He was promoted Lieutenant on 23 February 1943 and was released from the Army to the R.A.R.O. as an Honorary Captain on 1 January 1949. On 12 January 1951 he was awarded the Territorial Efficiency Medal and was recalled to service on 9 February 1952 for service in Korea. He died on 6 March 2002, latterly living at 24 High Cliff Court, High Street, Rottingdean, Brighton. He was a descendent of Lord Nicholas Bowerman.