WW2 Mentioned in Despatches to Major QM Peter Smith Cole Royal Artillery

Harland Military Antiques

WW2 Mentioned in Despatches to Major QM Peter Smith Cole Royal Artillery

  • WW2 Mentioned in Despatches to Major QM Peter Smith Cole Royal Artillery

  • £325.00
Sold, Please contact us with your details and we'll contact you when similar items come into stock!

GVI Indian General Service Medal, clasps  North West Frontier 1936-37 and North West Frontier 1937 - 39, correctly impressed 786060 BMBR. P.S. Cole. R.A. 
1939/45 Star
Africa Star with 8th Army Clasp
France and Germany Star
Defence Medal
War Medal (MID Emblem) 
GVI Regular Army LSGC, correctly impressed Capt. (Q.M.) P.S. Cole. R.A. 
 
Swing mounted as worn. 
Condition NGVF
 
Bought directly from the family. 
 
Peter Smith Cole, in 1910 in Kings Langley, he joined the Royal Artillery on 28th August 1928. 
 
He served in India and was awarded an Indian General Service Medal with clasps North West Frontier 1936-37 and North West Frontier 1937 - 39.
 
During the Second World War, Cole served with the 4 Field Regiment RA, rising to the rank of Warrant Officer II, before being commissioned in 1942.
 
He was Mentioned in Despatches for service in the Middle East, which was announced in the London Gazette on the 13th January 1944.
 
Peter survived the war and served in the army until 1st April 1958, retiring as a Major Quartermaster.