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Six: Private G. T. Hannaford, Devonshire Regiment, later Conductor attached Royal Pakistan...
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Six: Private G. T. Hannaford, Devonshire Regiment, later Conductor attached Royal Pakistan Army Service Corps India General Service 1936-39, 2 clasps, North West Frontier 1936-37, North West Frontier 1937-39 (807042 Pte. G. T. Hannaford Devon. R.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Pakistan Independence Medal 1947 (807044 WS/WOI R.P.A.S.C.) mounted for wear, nearly extremely fine, the IGS rare to unit (6) £300-£400 --- George Turpin Hannaford was born in Gifford Terrace Road, Plymouth in 1914. A Labourer/Van Assistant to a Bread Maker he attested for the Territorial Army Royal Artillery on 3 November 1930 and subsequently attested for the Regular Army Devonshire Regiment at Plymouth on 19 February 1931. Posted to the 1st Battalion stationed in India on 14 February 1934, he was attached to HQ Waziristan District at Rawalpindi and Dera Ismail Khan between 1937 and 1940, for which service he received a Regimentally-rare India General Service Medal. Promoted to Sergeant he entered the Middle East in Egypt on 11 November 1941 and served with the M.E.F. until 23 March 1945. Returning to India in March 1945 he served with the Indian Army Corps of Clerks before being accepted for service with the armed forces of Pakistan as WO1 on 1 January 1948. Finally discharged on termination of engagement on 1 February 1949 he returned to Plymouth and was employed as an electrician’s assistant. He died in Plymouth on 9 July 1972, aged 58. Sold with copied service records confirming medal entitlement and other research.
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Six: Private G. T. Hannaford, Devonshire Regiment, later Conductor attached Royal Pakistan Army Service Corps India General Service 1936-39, 2 clasps, North West Frontier 1936-37, North West Frontier 1937-39 (807042 Pte. G. T. Hannaford Devon. R.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Pakistan Independence Medal 1947 (807044 WS/WOI R.P.A.S.C.) mounted for wear, nearly extremely fine, the IGS rare to unit (6) £300-£400 --- George Turpin Hannaford was born in Gifford Terrace Road, Plymouth in 1914. A Labourer/Van Assistant to a Bread Maker he attested for the Territorial Army Royal Artillery on 3 November 1930 and subsequently attested for the Regular Army Devonshire Regiment at Plymouth on 19 February 1931. Posted to the 1st Battalion stationed in India on 14 February 1934, he was attached to HQ Waziristan District at Rawalpindi and Dera Ismail Khan between 1937 and 1940, for which service he received a Regimentally-rare India General Service Medal. Promoted to Sergeant he entered the Middle East in Egypt on 11 November 1941 and served with the M.E.F. until 23 March 1945. Returning to India in March 1945 he served with the Indian Army Corps of Clerks before being accepted for service with the armed forces of Pakistan as WO1 on 1 January 1948. Finally discharged on termination of engagement on 1 February 1949 he returned to Plymouth and was employed as an electrician’s assistant. He died in Plymouth on 9 July 1972, aged 58. Sold with copied service records confirming medal entitlement and other research.
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