Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Second War M.B.E. group of five awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel W. R. Dunlop, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal, Canadian issue in silver; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, with overseas clasp; War Medal 1939-45, Canadian issue in silver; together with companion set of five miniature dress medals and Canadian Memorial Cross, E.II.R. (Lt. Col. W. R. Dunlop, M.B.E.) very fine (11) £200-£260

M.B.E. Canada Gazette 16 June 1945. The recommendation states:

‘Major [William Robert] Dunlop was appointed to the Canadian Army in August 1940, and proceeded overseas with No. 9 Canadian General Hospital in September 1943. He acted as Registrar of this hospital and by his example and effort succeeded in raising the administration to an exceedingly high level. He has been unsparing in his efforts towards the efficiency of the hospital and has also been most conspicuous in his pleasant liaison with English hospitals with whom he has come in contact. Major Dunlop is now General Duty Medical Officer with No. 3 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station.’ Sold with additional research including Canadian Medical Directory entry for 1958.