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Auction: 25112 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 601

(x) Three: Lieutenant-Colonel L. W. Goreham, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, late Royal Army Service Corps, who was awarded a G.O.C. Northern Ireland Command's Commendation for the period 1972-74

General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Arabian Peninsula (S/19076871 W.O. Cl. 2 L. W. Goreham, R.A.S.C.); General Service 1962-2007, 2 clasps, Borneo, Northern Ireland (19076871 W.O. Cl. 1 L. W. Goreham, R.A.O.C.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., Regular Army (S/19076871 W.O. Cl. 1 L. W. Goreham, R.A.S.C.), minor official correction to unit on last, generally good very fine (3)

Louis William Goreham was born on 10 April 1928. He served as a Corporal in Ghana in 1949 and took his L.S. & G.C. Medal in September 1964 as a Warrant Officer Class I. Goreham served in Headquarters of Director of Borneo Operations and was commissioned Lieutenant into the Royal Army Ordnance Corps in September 1966 and was appointed a Captain (Q.M.) in May 1971.

He served in 1972 at HQ R.A.O.C. Northern Ireland and then onto Ordnance Depot Cyprus, before returning back to Northern Ireland. Whilst in Hong Kong in late 1975, a parade was set up to present Lou with his G.O.C. Northern Ireland Command's Commendation in recognition of his work as Officer in Command of Barracks Northern Ireland East from 1972-74.

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£250

Starting price
£130