A UNIQUE GROUP OF SIX MEDALS to Roger Brian Carden TATTERSAL...

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£9,000 - £12,000

A UNIQUE GROUP OF SIX MEDALS to Roger Brian Carden TATTERSALL, born 30th June 1938, a member of the Canadian Guards, Parachute Regiment, 22 SAS Regiment, Rhodesian SAS, and South African Forces. The group which has been professionally Court mounted is as follows 1) ERII Campaign Service Medal 3 bars, South Arabia, Radfan, Borneo, named to 23774107 Tpr. R.B.C.Tattersall. SAS. 2) Rhodesian Exemplary Service Medal with Rossette, named 724700 W.O.2 Tattersall R.B.C. 3) Rhodesia General Service Medal, named 4700 A/Sgt RBC Tattersall. 4) Canadian Special Service Medal, NATO-OTAN Bar named, SB178954 GDSM R Tattersall. 5) Jasa-Malaysian General Service Medal. (Un-named as issued) 6) Zimbabwe Independance medal, numbered on rim 08235. Alongside the medal group included in this archive are Tattersalls S.A.S. Beret (Rhodesian issue), Parachute Regiment Beret, Rhodesian issue, non-marked 1st type Dress Uniform Blue 'Stable' belt, and over 20 photographs, which feature the Recipient and others in Aden, Radfan, Borneo etc etc, and also one of Tattersall being presented with a medal, together with Regimental plaques and some other personal items inc Cufflinks, Tie pins, metal Insignia(Para's) and 2 Commerorative SAS Medallions.all items are original as issued and were owned by Tattersall. Roger Tattersall, emigrated to Canada, alone when he was 17 years old, whilst there he enlisted in the Canadian Guards, and served with them and NATO in Germany (Army of the Rhine), on completion of the deployment, he returned back to the UK, and was to become a mobile mechanic with the A.A, for a while, he then joined one Para (Parachute Regiment) A Coy and served alongside Peter McAleese whose medal group we sold in June 2020, they would serve together in Bahrain, Tattersall returned to the UK where he passed selection for 22 SAS, and was deployed to Aden, where he became embroilled in the 'Radfan' Crisis, it is believed from sources in the family and colleagues, that Tattersall was part of the 'Ill-fated' Edwards Patrol on 29th April, 1964, the local tribesman and NLF attacked this patrol, consisting of units assisted by A Sqdn SAS, Tattersall at this time was attached to A Sqdn. Captain Edwards and a Sapper Warburton were Killed in Action and the fighting was so intense that the British had to withdraw, sadly the two dead, were left and were later de-capitated and their heads put on Stakes which were paraded around the Yemeni Capital, Tattersall would later tell others about the patrol including another soldier Chris Harris, eye witness accounts seemed to differ from the official Government story, in fact at first the Government of the day denied that the SAS were even in Aden, in total Tattersall served with the SAS from 1961-1968, during this period he also served in Borneo and again served with Peter McAleese on at least one SAS mission, Tattersall married, and left for Rhodesia where he served with the Rhodesian SAS. & South African Recon Commando, he also served under a Major Erroll Mann, Tattersall would retire from the forces and later would carve out a successful Career in Civil Engineering in the UK. Roger Tattersall sadly passed away on 29th October, 2020