Lot 811
A GROUP OF WW11 MEDALS AND KOREA PAIR TO A MAJOR RASC.
1939/45-Africa and Burma Stars, Defence & War medals, Korea Service Medal named to Mjr R W Patterson RASC, UN Korea medal. Mounted for wear with a matching miniature group and badge and buttons (R W Kent blazer buttons). A silver and enamel cased Masonic award of the Rupert Patterson Lodge No 3646. On the reverse is inscribed Presented to Mrs J Rupert Patterson to commemorate the Mastership of her husband as first WM January 1914. Hallmarks for London 1913. A full dress cap badge in enamel and metal for the Royal Army Service Corps.
Rupert William Patterson was born on the 13th August 1914, commissioned into the Army on the 21st February 1940. Major on the 13th August 1950, retiring 1/12/1957.
Educated at Sherborne School from 1928-32 as a Law Student, son of J R Patterson of Penang.
From 1933-37 he was serving in the Royal West Kent Regt.
1937- He served in the 4/7th Royal Dragoon Guards.
In 1934 a 2/Lt R W Patterson was commissioned into the 20th London Regt. War Services 1939-45 shows that he sevred in the ranks for 1 year and 141 days, prior to Emergency Commission 2/Lt 21/2/1940
Serving in the British Expeditionary Force in 1940 he was awarded promotion in the field. War Subst Lt 21/8/1941. Act Captain 25/12/1941 then T/Capt 25/3/1942. Finally Major in 1950.
From 1940-42 He served in the Middle East including Abyssinia and Somalia
In 1943 He was serving in Ceylon, thence 1944-45 in Burma as an acting Major.
Finally in the Korean War with the Royal Army Service Corps, up to his retirement in 1957.
He lived in Kenya after this time then latterly in Austria.
