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Auction: 21003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 239

Six: Fusilier E. R. Davies, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, late Private, Army Air Corps, who remained loyal during the infamous mutiny of the 13th Parachute Battalion in Malaya in May 1946

1939-45 Star; France and Germany Stars; War Medal 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, S. E. Asia 1945-46 (22530039 Pte. E. R. Davies. A.A.C.); Korea 1950-53 (22530039 Fus. E. R. Davies. R.N.F.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, good very fine (6)

E. R. Davies joined the Army Air Corps and probably served during the Second World War in North West Europe which would have including 'jumping' in Operation Varsity, the largest airborne operation of the War on 24 March 1945. He 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. He would have been posted back to Singapore in 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 remained loyal. Military command invoked strict security censorship, and rapidly worked to diffuse and cover-up the shambolic incident, not least by convicting 252 men of the battalion for Mutiny, disbanding the unit, and positing-out former loyal members of the battalion to other army units. In this case Davies went onto serve with the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers in Korea; sold together with copied roll extract.

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Sold for
£450

Starting price
£210