The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria

General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, South Arabia (23778074 Pte. R. C. Hart. 5 Mx.) nearly extremely fine, scarce to unit £100-£140

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria.

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Provenance: J. B. Hayward, September 1968.

Roger C. Hart attested for the 5th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment (Territorial Army), and was part of a draft of 1 Officer and 28 other ranks of the Regiment’s ‘Ever Ready’ Territorials who were called-out and flown to Aden in 1965 to support the 1st Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment.

The 29 General Service Medals with clasp South Arabia were the last campaign medals ever awarded to the Middlesex Regiment.

Sold with a copy of The Die-Hards, October 1965, which contains a group photograph of the six men from “D” Company, 5th Battalion, who embarked for Aden, including the recipient.