Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Six: Captain I. C. McGregor, South African Armoured Corps, who was seconded to the British Forces as a Tank Troop Commander
1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, all officially named ‘854 I. C. Mc.Gregor’, mounted as worn, good very fine

Pair: Sergeant A. W. D. Grattan, 1st South West African Infantry Battalion, attached South African Medical Corps
War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, both officially named ‘106311 A. W. D. Grattan’, good very fine (8) £70-£90

Ian Corbet McGregor was born in Durban, South Africa on 7 June 1912. He enlisted into the Royal Natal Carbineers on 16 September 1940 serving with the 10th Armoured Car Commando, and was commissioned Second Lieutenant on 6 May 1941. He was promoted Lieutenant on 11 November 1941, and Captain on 15 November 1943. He was seconded to the British Forces from 25 May 1943, and was posted to 50 Royal Tank Regiment, 3rd Armoured Brigade, as a Tank Troop Commander on 9 September 1943. He relinquished his commission on 31 December 1945, having served in North Africa, Sicily, and Italy earning him the South African ‘Full House’ of 6 Second World War medals.

Alfred William Desmond Grattan was born in Toronto, Canada, on 26 January 1915. A chemist by profession, he attested for the 1st South West African Infantry Battalion on 20 April 1940, and served on attachment to the South African Medical Corps as a Corporal from 22 June 1940, being promoted Sergeant on 18 December 1942. This is his full entitlement.

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