Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Captain N. S. McMurdo, Intelligence Corps, late Royal Artillery
1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, in named card box of issue addressed to ‘Lt. N. S. McMurdo, 1 Stoneyhurst Rd, Gosforth, Newcastle-on-Tyne’, with Royal Artillery silver prize medal, obverse engraved ‘82 Lt. A.A./A.Tk. Regt. R.A.’, reverse engraved ‘Rifle Comp. Second Lt. N. S. McMurdo R.A. Shillong 1943’, and War Office letter addressed to recipient at same address listing his medal entitlement as above, dated 26 February 1952, nearly extremely fine

Three: attributed to Aircraftman 1st Class G. R. Giles, Royal Air Force
Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with related miniature awards, 2 identity discs, riband bar, named Orderly Room Pass, R.A.F. Station Hurn, Hampshire, dated 21 October 1942, named National Health and Pensions Insurance Contribution Card and a pocket diary for ‘G. Giles’ covering 1944, good very fine (lot) £60-£80

Norman Stuart McMurdo was a Cadet prior to be commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery in February 1943. He transferred as a Lieutenant to the Intelligence Corps in May 1950, and advanced to Captain in January 1952. McMurdo transferred to the Territorial Army Reserve of Officers in January 1956, and retired in June 1965.