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orderS, deCorAtionS, CAmPAign medALS And miLitAriA 256 Five: Trooper J.N. Donald, Northamptonshire Yeomanry 1939-1945 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., with ‘Territorial’ scroll suspension (7894942 Tpr. J.N. Donald. N.Yeo.), good very fine, together with the recipient’s King’s Badge for Loyal Service (5) £80-120 257 Five: Sergeant D.L. Houghton, Royal Army Pay Corps 1939-1945 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals; Efficiency Medal, E.II.R., with ‘Territorial’ scroll suspension (22206418 Sgt. D.L. Houghton. R.A.P.C.), good very fine, mounted as originally worn (5) £60-80 258 Four: Rifleman E.B. Rye, Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps 1939-1945 Star; Burma Star; War Medal; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., with ‘Ceylon’ scroll suspension (No. 4038. Rfn. E.B. Rye. C.P.R.C.), good very fine, mounted as originally worn (4) £80-100 259 Four: Trooper D.E.C. Cox, 12th Lancers 1939-1945 Star; Italy Star; War Medal; General Service 1918-62, G.VI.R., one clasp, Palestine 194548 (14390598 Tpr. D.E.C. Cox 12L.), extremely fine, the GSM in named card box of issue (4) £70-90 260 Four: Aircraftman T. Johnston, Royal Air Force 1939-1945 Star; Defence and War Medals; General Service 1918-62, G.VI.R., one clasp, Palestine 194548 (4000380 A.C.1. T. Johnston. R.A.F.), nearly extremely fine, the latter in named card box of issue, together with the official medal transmittal receipt (4) £60-80 4000380 Aircraftman T. Johnston served with Air Headquarters Unit (Levant), R.A.F. Middle East Command.
261 Six: Sergeant R.J. Ellis, Royal Army Pay Corps, Late Royal Artillery 1939-1945 Star; Defence and War Medals; General Service 1918-62, E.II.R., one clasp, Malaya (861562 Cpl. R.J. Ellis. R.A.P.C.); Army Long Service & G.C., E.II.R., with ‘Regular Army’ bar suspension (861562 Sgt. R.J. Ellis. R.A.P.C.); Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., with ‘Territorial’ scroll suspension (861562 Gnr. R.J. Ellis. R.A.), good very fine, mounted court style as originally worn (6) £120-160
Sergeant P. Caveney
262 A Scarce and Interesting Campaign Group of Three to Sergeant P. Caveney, Highland Light Infantry and 13th Parachute Battalion, Army Air Corps, Who Remained Loyal During the Infamous Mutiny of the 13th Parachute Battalion in Malaya, 13.5.1946 France and Germany Star; War Medal; General Service 1918-62, G.VI.R., two clasps, S.E. Asia 1945-46, Palestine 1945-48 (14851156 Sjt. P. Caveney. H.L.I.), extremely fine, together with two photographs of the recipient and various letters (3) £200-300 14851156 Sergeant Patrick Caveney, born Paisely, Scotland, the son of Private James Caveney, M.M.; enlisted in the Highland Light Infantry, 9.11.1944; transferred to the Army Air Corps, 1.2.1945; served during the Second World War in North West Europe, ‘jumping’ in Operation Varsity, the largest airborne operation of the War, 24.3.1945; subsequently served in the South East Asia with the 13th (Lancashire) Parachute Battalion, September to December 1945, and the Dutch East Indies, December 1945 to May 1946; promoted Corporal, 24.10.1945; Sergeant, 1.6.1946; posted back to Singapore, June 1946, following the mutiny of the 13th Parachute Battalion. Mutiny of the 13th Parachute Battalion The infamous mutiny of the 13th (Lancashire) Parachute Battalion in Malaya in 1946 had serious consequences for all members of that unit, both mutineers and those that
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