An Oldham &  Boston interest British Officer Burma Campaign, Malaya Emergency, Coronation & Long Service medal group of 6: Major Edward Halkyard Ferriday Royal Army Pay Corps late Royal  Army Service Corps & Royal Indian Army Service Corps

- The Burma Star. No clasp
- Defence Medal
- War Medal
- General Service 1918-62. EIIR issue & clasp 'Malaya' (Major E. M. Ferriday. R.A.S.C.) 
- Coronation Medal 1953
- Efficiency Medal. GVI 1st issue, with 'Territorial' bar (Capt. E. H. Ferriday. Indian. Army.)

An unusual instance of a British Territorial Army issue Efficiency Medal being named to an Officer in the Indian Army - and always indicative of a pre-war Territorial who was subsequently commissioned and served as an Emergency Commissioned Officer in the Indian Army

Medals Verification: All of the medals confirmed as entitled & enumerated in Officers extant service record

- The Burma Star. No clasp: Awarded for 1 days service on the strength of a unit deployed in theatre
- Defence Medal: Awarded for 12 months aggregated service in qualifying area in United Kingdom & India
- War Medal: Awarded for 28 days uniformed service in the Armed Forces
- General Service 1918-62. EIIR issue & clasp 'Malaya': 
- Coronation Medal 1953: Awarded under British Army allocation, & enumerated in extant Officers service record
- Efficiency Medal. GVI type I 'Territorial': 12 years service (war service double) Officers Papers refer

Edward Halkyard Ferriday was a native of Oldham, Lancashire, England where he was born, 11 March 1914. Edward attested for the Royal Army Service Corps (Territorial Army) in Chelsea, London, 22 April 1939. Commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Indian Army Service Corps, 3 January 1942, he embarked for India, 13 February 1942, where he subsequently saw active service in Burma. He was advanced Captain, 17 December 1943. Promoted Major, 11 March 1950, he transferred to the Royal Army Pay Corps, 14 January 1959, and retired from the British Army, 1 June 1966. Edward H. Ferriday is recorded to have died in Boston, Lincolnshire, England, 19 November 1993

The medals mounted in the swing-style and as worn by the recipient. The silk ribands suspended from a white metal mounting bar which latter retains its long hinged pin & clasp fittings

Sold together with some hard-copy research

Condition: The silver issues with dark toned patina, the group GVF

Code: 25861