Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Staff Sergeant (Piper) William Hume, King’s Own Scottish Borderers, who was awarded a GOC’s Commendation for outstanding service in Northern Ireland

General Service 1962-2007, 3 clasps, Radfan, Borneo, Northern Ireland (23904541 Pte. W. Hume. KOSB.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (23904541 Sgt W Hume KOSB) mounted court-style as worn, the first with edge bruising, otherwise very fine and better (2) £400-£500

William Hume was born on 18 January 1946, and enlisted at Edinburgh for the Lowland Brigade on 19 March 1962. Besides service in Berlin, Belize, Gibraltar and Kenya, he also served overseas in Aden, May to July 1964, and then in Hong Kong, Singapore and Borneo, from April 1965 to April 1966, and afterwards completed three tours of Northern Ireland, November 1972 to February 1973, April 1975 to May 1976, and March to August 1985. He was awarded a GOC Commendation on 14 February 1977 for his services in the Intelligence Section of 1 KOSB during his second tour in Ulster.

Sold with a wealth of original material including three metal cap badges, Certificate of Service, GOC Commendation certificate and two others, letters of congratulations for same, snapshot of presentation of GOC Commendation by Princess Alice, together with approximately 120 photographs of various sizes, some in colour, covering his entire service career. These include many of him in uniform and as a piper, including several with Bill Speakman V.C. in Korea in 1965.