Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37 (2-Lt. G. L. Scott, 3-12 F.F.R.) about extremely fine £200-£240

G. L. Scott served as a Second Lieutenant in the 3-12 Frontier Force Regiment, and was killed in action during an attack on a Convoy at Shahur Tangi, Waziristan, on 9 April 1937. The convoy, bound from Manzai to Wana, consisted of 49 military and hired civilian lorries and two private cars, and the escort consisted of four armoured cars. Ambushed at 7:45 a.m. along its entire length as it passed through a narrow defile, with skirmishing and sniping continuing for the remainder of the day, total casualties were 7 Officers and 36 other ranks killed, and 5 Officers and 39 other ranks wounded.

Sold with a copied account of the ambush, taken from the Official History of Operations on the N.W. Frontier of India 1936-37.