Please read all carefully. Kevin was brilliant to deal with, he was very helpful. Great badge, super fast service, thank you. Friendly correspondence and prompt despatch – Thanks. Very nice item, friendly and immediate service. Sorry to all the good ebayers out there that understand this. This saves so much work for me and you. I will always use the most economical insured post. I will have to use a firm such as UPS or Parcelforce. The reason for me writing this, is because all of this takes so much more time and makes so much more work for me when it is incorrectly done. Please leave feedback after you have received your item and are happy with it. I will respond with mine within two weeks. Please also read my other terms and conditions below. Thank you very much for your help and patience it just saves so much extra work! Please use the zoom option on the photos as this forms an integral part of the description. This superb group was awarded to Colonel G. The North West Frontier 1930-1 Clasp India General Service Medal is named LIEUT. I found some information about him and it is as follows. In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in East Africa and Madagascar. The original recommendation states. He drew up the entire signal plan, got it working and by his own efforts kept it going, by personal visits to stations which brought him his full ration of shelling and sniping. At daylight on D-3, in a determined effort to get into Antsirane in time to prevent sabotage of the W. Station, he drove his truck past a French 75mm. Which was doing its best over open sights to upset him. It was due entirely to this officer that the shelling was stopped in time to allow the armistice discussions to be concluded. This tireless, able and fearless officer had no sleep between 0300 on D-1 and 0200 on D-4. In spite of this, he continued with drive and energy to open up a skeleton telephone system which was in operation by 0200 on D-4. Gorghes Frederick Palmer, who was from Ollerton, Nottinghamshire, was on attachment to 121 Force at the time of the above cited deeds in Diego Suarez, Madagascar in May 1942. Born in August 1907, Palmer was commissioned in the Royal Signals as a 2nd Lieutenant in September 1927 and advanced to Captain in September 1930, in which year he witnessed active service on the North-West Frontier (Medal & clasp). An Acting Major by the outbreak of hostilities in September 1939, he was awarded the O. In respect of the above cited deeds, but saw no further action and ended the War in the rank of war substantive Lieutenant-Colonel. Post-war he was advanced to Colonel in January 1955 and served as Chief Signals Officer, Land Forces, Hong Kong from April of the latter year. He was placed on the Retired List in December 1959. PLEASE SEE MY OTHER AUCTIONS. {Next day} {Europe is different than price shown}. I attempt to describe accurately and honestly, including any defects but I cannot know all that you may want/require of a particular item. I will do my utmost to rectify the problem. Otherwise, sales are Final. Please do not worry if by chance your item gets lost in the post, I will do all the chasing up and try my hardest to locate it for you. I send all international parcels by International Signed for post or Parcelforce Worldwide. These services mentioned are all trackable. I will always use the most econimical way of posting. This is because of the unfortunate case of there being some total timewasters out there. The item “WW2 OFFICER COLONEL MADAGASCAR OBE DIEGO SUAREZ OPERATION MEDAL GROUP HOUGHTON” is in sale since Monday, November 11, 2019. This item is in the category “Collectables\Militaria\World War II (1939-1945)\Medals/ Ribbons”. The seller is “anotherluckyb” and is located in Poole. This item can be shipped to North, South, or Latin America, all countries in Europe, all countries in continental Asia, Australia.
- Modified Item: No
- Country/ Organization: Great Britain
- Issued/ Not-Issued: Issued
- Type: Photographs
- Conflict: World War II (1939-1945)
- Service: Army
- Era: 1914-1945
