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Auction archive: Lot number 1196

I am very proud to have received the

Estimate
£80,000 - £100,000
ca. US$124,363 - US$155,454
Price realised:
£95,000
ca. US$147,681
Auction archive: Lot number 1196

I am very proud to have received the

Estimate
£80,000 - £100,000
ca. US$124,363 - US$155,454
Price realised:
£95,000
ca. US$147,681
Beschreibung:

I am very proud to have received the C.G.C. but if I hadn’t received anything it wouldn’t have bothered me in the slightest. You don’t do things for medals, you do them for your mates.” The exceptional ‘Afghanistan 2006’ C.G.C. group of five awarded to Corporal of Horse Andrew Radford, ‘D’ Squadron, Life Guards, Household Cavalry Regiment, formerly Royal Engineers, who served in the same squadron as HRH Prince William of Wales and was decorated for his ‘almost superhuman effort’ in dashing forward and rescuing a seriously wounded comrade, whilst under sustained enemy fire from AK-47’s. machine guns and rocket propelled grenades Conspicuous Gallantry Cross, E.II.R., reverse officially inscribed ‘25068319 Cpl A G Radford, LG); General Service 1962, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (25068319 L Cpl A G Radford, RE); Iraq Medal, with clasp (25068319 L Cpl A G Radford, LG); Operational Service Medal, clasp, Afghanistan (25068319 L Cpl A G Radford, LG); Jubilee 2012; together with N.AT.O. Medal, clasp, ISAF, the O.S.M. with edge bruising, otherwise generally nearly extremely fine (6) £80000-100000 Footnote The Conspicuous Gallantry Cross was instituted as a result of the 1993 review of the British honours system and is second in seniority only to the Victoria Cross. The C.G.C. was awarded for the first time as a result of the Bosnian War in 1995 and to date 50 such awards have been made, including one awarded collectively to the Ulster Defence Regiment. Two other awards of the C.G.C. have been made to members of the Household cavalry, the best known of which is that awarded to Mick Flynn, C.G.C., M.C., author of the two best-selling books, Bullet Magnet and Trigger Time. Flynn served in the same squadron as Radford and was awarded his M.C. for the same action as which Radford gained the award of his C.G.C., the whole incident being fully recounted in his books. C.G.C. London Gazette 15 December 2006. The original recommendation states: ‘On the morning of 1 August 2006, Lance Corporal of Horse Radford’s Troop was ordered to approach the town of Musa Qal’eh, in order to provide a surveillance capacity to cover the extraction of the Pathfinder Platoon and the resupply of the Danish Squadron based there. As his troop moved through a small village to the south of Musa Qal’eh, the lead two vehicles were ambushed by Taliban forces with a combination of Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG) fire, heavy machine guns and a large improvised Explosive Device (IED). One of the vehicles was destroyed in the initial attack, killing three of its four occupants immediately and continued to burn fiercely. The second vehicle and its crew managed to extract out of the ambush albeit under accurate fire from the RPG’s, having to abandon their vehicle in the process. Radford’s vehicle was approximately 70 meters to the west of the contract point. On seeing movement to the south of the destroyed vehicle, Radford’s vehicle commander observed an individual lying on the ground by the burning Spartan: it was ascertained that the individual was the driver of the destroyed vehicle, Trooper Compton. At this stage, the crew of the Scimitar that had been attacked in the ambush were extracting back towards Radford’s vehicle, still under constant enemy fire mainly from RPG’s. Without hesitation or prompting from the officer commanding his vehicle, and seeing the imminent danger that Compton was in, Radford dismounted from his vehicle and under sustained enemy fire from the Taliban fighters with total disregard for his own safety, ran into the ambush killing area towards gravely injured Compton. Entering into a scene of utter devastation and horror, with the dead bodies of the crewman lying burnt beyond recognition and dismembered by the IED blast, Radford reached Compton and assessed his injuries (Compton had sustained 70 per cent burns to his body and a shattered leg). Still under close range fire from the Taliban, Radford realised that Compton needed to be extracted immediately

Auction archive: Lot number 1196
Auction:
Datum:
27 Jun 2012 - 28 Jun 2012
Auction house:
Dix Noonan Webb
16 Bolton St, Mayfair
London, W1J 8BQ
United Kingdom
auctions@dnw.co.uk
+44 (0)20 7016 1700
+44 (0)20 7016 1799
Beschreibung:

I am very proud to have received the C.G.C. but if I hadn’t received anything it wouldn’t have bothered me in the slightest. You don’t do things for medals, you do them for your mates.” The exceptional ‘Afghanistan 2006’ C.G.C. group of five awarded to Corporal of Horse Andrew Radford, ‘D’ Squadron, Life Guards, Household Cavalry Regiment, formerly Royal Engineers, who served in the same squadron as HRH Prince William of Wales and was decorated for his ‘almost superhuman effort’ in dashing forward and rescuing a seriously wounded comrade, whilst under sustained enemy fire from AK-47’s. machine guns and rocket propelled grenades Conspicuous Gallantry Cross, E.II.R., reverse officially inscribed ‘25068319 Cpl A G Radford, LG); General Service 1962, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (25068319 L Cpl A G Radford, RE); Iraq Medal, with clasp (25068319 L Cpl A G Radford, LG); Operational Service Medal, clasp, Afghanistan (25068319 L Cpl A G Radford, LG); Jubilee 2012; together with N.AT.O. Medal, clasp, ISAF, the O.S.M. with edge bruising, otherwise generally nearly extremely fine (6) £80000-100000 Footnote The Conspicuous Gallantry Cross was instituted as a result of the 1993 review of the British honours system and is second in seniority only to the Victoria Cross. The C.G.C. was awarded for the first time as a result of the Bosnian War in 1995 and to date 50 such awards have been made, including one awarded collectively to the Ulster Defence Regiment. Two other awards of the C.G.C. have been made to members of the Household cavalry, the best known of which is that awarded to Mick Flynn, C.G.C., M.C., author of the two best-selling books, Bullet Magnet and Trigger Time. Flynn served in the same squadron as Radford and was awarded his M.C. for the same action as which Radford gained the award of his C.G.C., the whole incident being fully recounted in his books. C.G.C. London Gazette 15 December 2006. The original recommendation states: ‘On the morning of 1 August 2006, Lance Corporal of Horse Radford’s Troop was ordered to approach the town of Musa Qal’eh, in order to provide a surveillance capacity to cover the extraction of the Pathfinder Platoon and the resupply of the Danish Squadron based there. As his troop moved through a small village to the south of Musa Qal’eh, the lead two vehicles were ambushed by Taliban forces with a combination of Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG) fire, heavy machine guns and a large improvised Explosive Device (IED). One of the vehicles was destroyed in the initial attack, killing three of its four occupants immediately and continued to burn fiercely. The second vehicle and its crew managed to extract out of the ambush albeit under accurate fire from the RPG’s, having to abandon their vehicle in the process. Radford’s vehicle was approximately 70 meters to the west of the contract point. On seeing movement to the south of the destroyed vehicle, Radford’s vehicle commander observed an individual lying on the ground by the burning Spartan: it was ascertained that the individual was the driver of the destroyed vehicle, Trooper Compton. At this stage, the crew of the Scimitar that had been attacked in the ambush were extracting back towards Radford’s vehicle, still under constant enemy fire mainly from RPG’s. Without hesitation or prompting from the officer commanding his vehicle, and seeing the imminent danger that Compton was in, Radford dismounted from his vehicle and under sustained enemy fire from the Taliban fighters with total disregard for his own safety, ran into the ambush killing area towards gravely injured Compton. Entering into a scene of utter devastation and horror, with the dead bodies of the crewman lying burnt beyond recognition and dismembered by the IED blast, Radford reached Compton and assessed his injuries (Compton had sustained 70 per cent burns to his body and a shattered leg). Still under close range fire from the Taliban, Radford realised that Compton needed to be extracted immediately

Auction archive: Lot number 1196
Auction:
Datum:
27 Jun 2012 - 28 Jun 2012
Auction house:
Dix Noonan Webb
16 Bolton St, Mayfair
London, W1J 8BQ
United Kingdom
auctions@dnw.co.uk
+44 (0)20 7016 1700
+44 (0)20 7016 1799
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