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WW2 BURMA & MALAYA BRITISH ARMY MEDALS MAJOR A GRAY 8TH GURKHA & SULTAN SECURITY
Offered is a fine late war and immediate post war South East Asia (Indonesia) & Malaya campaign group to Major Alastair Gray, who served with the 6th & 8th Gurkha’s, as well as the Sultan of Oman’s Forces Burma Star, Defence and War Medals (1939 -45), both named as issued, General Service Medal (1918 – 62), with 2 clasps S.E.ASIA 1945 – 46, MALAYA (this loose on ribband), impressed named CAPT. A.K.GRAY., As-Samood Medal (Sultan of Oman, to recognise services during the Dhofar campaign 1965 – 1975), un named as issued, swing mounted as worn. Comes with copies of medal...
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Offered is a fine late war and immediate post war South East Asia (Indonesia) & Malaya campaign group to Major Alastair Gray, who served with the 6th & 8th Gurkha's, as well as the Sultan of Oman's Forces
Burma Star, Defence and War Medals (1939 -45), both named as issued, General Service Medal (1918 - 62), with 2 clasps S.E.ASIA 1945 - 46, MALAYA (this loose on ribband), impressed named CAPT. A.K.GRAY., As-Samood Medal (Sultan of Oman, to recognise services during the Dhofar campaign 1965 - 1975), un named as issued, swing mounted as worn. Comes with copies of medal roll, extracts from the London Gazette, passenger list, Indian Army Lists.
Major Alastair Kirkland Gray was born on the 23/11/1925 in Angus, Scotland. He enlisted in The Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment on 8 /6/1943 (No. 6100783) and was discharged to commission into the Indian Army 19/8/1944 (No. 14884)
As he has no 1939 -45 Star, he probably arrived in Burma too late to qualify for the star (6 months) It is believed that he served with the 1st Battalion 8th Gurkha Regiment during WW2.
The 1/8th?Gurkha's were part of the 36th Indian Infantry Brigade. On October 11th, 1944, the 36th Brigade at Cox's Bazaar exchanged locations with the 71st Brigade at Bawli. The brigade then patrolled from Bawli during October and November. It was withdraw Colabar on the seacoast near Bawli to rest and retrain on November 14th. It then embarked at Chittagong on January 25th, 1945 and landed at Ramree Island the same day. It remained on Ramree until April 28th and then embarked for the landing at Rangoon. The battalion landed on the Rangoon River on May 2nd and then landed at Rangoon on May 4th. It did guard duties in the city for seventeen days before leaving Rangoon on May 21st for Bangalore, where leave was given. It left Bangalore on November 25th and embarked for Java.
Post war he served with the 6th Gurkha Rifles was serving with them from at least 1952 until he relinquished his commission 5/12/63. He was transferred to the T.A and appears on the H.L.I. list 1965. In 1969 he was on the reserve list, with evidence of still being on that list as late as January 1976.
At some stage he served in the Sultan of Oman's forces, during the Dhofar campaign. He died in Dundee 2/2/2014.
| Weight | 0.4 kg |
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| Dimensions | 24 × 5 × 12 cm |
