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Auction: 25001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 46

A scarce General Service Medal awarded to Guardsman K. D. Robson, Scots Guards, for services with the Guards Independent Parachute Company during the Suez Crisis

General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Near East (22551429 Gdsm. K. D. Robson. S.G.), mounted for wear, sold together with a London District Fencing Championship, Bayonet Team Winners Medal engraved to 'L/Cpl K Robson', good very fine

A total of 90 'Near East' clasps were issued to Guards Regiments, with just 10 issued to the Scots Guards.

Kenneth Dow Robson was born at Perth, Scotland on 5 July 1935 and enlisted with the Scots Guards in 1953. Volunteering for service with The Guards Independent Parachute Company, they were assigned the role of pathfinding for the Parachute Brigade, serving in this role during the Suez Crisis. Of this formation only 9 guardsmen were parachuted into the warzone with the rest going in by sea, notably the party of 9 were commanded by Captain Murray De Klee, Scots Guards.

The formation was again deployed in 1958 as part of a request from King Hussein of Jordan who requested assistance to stabilise his country. However during their 3 month deployment there was no trouble. Discharged in 1958 Robson joined the Metropolitan Police as a crime scene photographer, he died on 18 February 2020 on the Isle of Wight.

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Estimate
£300 to £400

Starting price
£240