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A Second War 'Burma Operations' O.B.E. group of eight awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel C. H. K....
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A Second War ‘Burma Operations’ O.B.E. group of eight awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel C. H. K. Willans, Royal Army Service Corps, late Royal Artillery and Royal Indian Army Service Corps The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, North West Frontier 1930-31, Mohmand 1933 (2 Lieut. C. H. K. Willans, R.A.); India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Capt. C. H. K. Willans, R.I.A.S.C.); 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45; India Service Medal; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R., with M.I.D. oak leaf (Major C. H. K. Willans, R.A.S.C.) generally good very fine (8) £1,000-£1,400 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, May 2016 (when sold without the India Service Medal). O.B.E. London Gazette 17 January 1946. Charles Harte Keatinge Willans was born in December 1907 and was originally commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery in September 1927, in which capacity he served in the North-West Frontier operations of 1930-31, gaining advancement to Lieutenant in September of the former year and secondment to the Indian Army Service Corps in January of the latter year. Having then been present in the Mohmand operations of 1933, he was advanced to Captain in September 1936, the same year in which he participated in further operations on the North-West Frontier. For his services he was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 18 February 1938). Having then attended Staff College and been advanced to Major, Willans was appointed a Staff Officer in November 1940 and saw further action with the R.I.A.S.C. in Burma 1944-45, for which services he was created an Officer of the Order of the British Empire. He reverted to the Royal Army Service Corps after Indian Independence and was again Mentioned in Despatches for his part in the Malayan Emergency (London Gazette 30 October 1953). Subsequently placed on the Regular Army Reserve of Officers, he ceased to belong to the Reserve in December 1962, and was granted the honorary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Sold with copied research.
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A Second War ‘Burma Operations’ O.B.E. group of eight awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel C. H. K. Willans, Royal Army Service Corps, late Royal Artillery and Royal Indian Army Service Corps The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, North West Frontier 1930-31, Mohmand 1933 (2 Lieut. C. H. K. Willans, R.A.); India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Capt. C. H. K. Willans, R.I.A.S.C.); 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45; India Service Medal; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R., with M.I.D. oak leaf (Major C. H. K. Willans, R.A.S.C.) generally good very fine (8) £1,000-£1,400 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, May 2016 (when sold without the India Service Medal). O.B.E. London Gazette 17 January 1946. Charles Harte Keatinge Willans was born in December 1907 and was originally commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery in September 1927, in which capacity he served in the North-West Frontier operations of 1930-31, gaining advancement to Lieutenant in September of the former year and secondment to the Indian Army Service Corps in January of the latter year. Having then been present in the Mohmand operations of 1933, he was advanced to Captain in September 1936, the same year in which he participated in further operations on the North-West Frontier. For his services he was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 18 February 1938). Having then attended Staff College and been advanced to Major, Willans was appointed a Staff Officer in November 1940 and saw further action with the R.I.A.S.C. in Burma 1944-45, for which services he was created an Officer of the Order of the British Empire. He reverted to the Royal Army Service Corps after Indian Independence and was again Mentioned in Despatches for his part in the Malayan Emergency (London Gazette 30 October 1953). Subsequently placed on the Regular Army Reserve of Officers, he ceased to belong to the Reserve in December 1962, and was granted the honorary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Sold with copied research.
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