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Auction: 21003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 438

Six: Corporal T. McGhie, Lothian & Border Horse

1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, Territorial (420784. Cpl. T. McGhie. Lothians.), good very fine (6)

Thomas McGhie served with the 2nd Lothian & Border Horse and was transferred to the Z Reserve on 14 June 1946.

On 12 September 1940, the regiment was converted from a temporary armoured car/mechanized infantry formation to an armoured formation within the Royal Armoured Corps. The change coincided with the brigade being re-designated as the 26th Armoured Brigade, part of the newly formed 6th Armoured Division. They were issued with Crusader cruiser tanks alongside the Valetine and Matilda infantry tanks. The earned the following Battle Honours:

NORTH AFRICA (Tunisia)
Jan 1943 Bou Arada
Feb 1943 Kasserine Pass
Feb 1943 Thala (south of)
Mar 1943 Ebba Ksour and Kairouan
Apr 1943 Fondouk
Apr 1943 Goubellat Plain (Sidi Khalif, Salt Lake & Mosque Hill)
May 1943 Hammam Lif
May 1943 Bou Ficha
May 1943 Tunis

ITALY
May 1944 Cassino
July 1944 Arezzo
Aug 1944 The River Arno
Apr 1944 Bondeno
Apr 1945 The River Po.

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