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Auction: 21003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 273

Five: Major A. K. Gray, 8th & 6th Gurkha Rifles and Sultan of Oman's Forces

Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, S. E. Asia 1945-46, Malaya (Capt. A. K. Gray. 8G.R.), second clasp loose upon riband; Oman, Sultanate, As-Samood Medal, mounted as worn, good very fine and a good combination

Alastair Kirkland Gray was born at Angus, Scotland on 23 November 1925 and enlisted in The Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment on 8 June 1943 (No. 6100783). He was commissioned into the Indian Army on 19 August 1944 and saw active service in Burma and South-East Asia with the 8th Gurkhas (Medal & clasp). Transferred to the 6th Gurkha Rifles, he resigned his commission on 6 December 1963 and joined the Royal Signals (TA), retiring on 21 September 1976. During his career he served with the Sultan of Oman's Forces and died on 2 February 2014.



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