A well documented 'Jock's' Second World War & Long Service medal group of 5: Private Albert Cobban, late 6th (Territorial), 1st (Reconstituted) & 10th (War Raised) & 4th (Territorial) Battalions Gordon Highlanders

- The 1939-1945 Star
- Africa Star & clasp '1st Army'
- Defence Medal
- War Medal
- Efficiency Medal. GVI 1st issue with 'Territorial' bar

Note: The '1st Army' clasp only on the Africa Star is a later tailors copy

Ephemera: Sold together with a quantity of hard-copy photocopied papers, including;

- Death certificate
- Full set of photocopied Territorial attestation & service papers, confirming all medals and '1st Army' clasp

Medals verification: All of the medals and clasp confirmed as the recipients full medal entitlement per below cited authorities:

- All WW2 campaign medals & clasp: Per service papers Ref Army Form B200b
- Efficiency Medal: Per Army Order 20/46 of January 1946

Albert James Matthews Cobban was a native of Aberdeen, Scotland, where he was born on, 28 August 1921. Prior to enlisting in the Territorial Army at Aberdeen, on, 10 March 1938, Albert was residing at, 9 Printfield Walk, Woodside, Aberdeen. After enlistment he was allocated the unique army number 2878930, and was posted to the 4th (City of Aberdeen) Territorial Battalion Gordon Highlanders. Albert did not serve in France 1940, and during the Second World War, Albert is recorded as serving in order, the 10th, 1st (Reconstituted) and 6th (Territorial) battalions of the Gordon Highlanders. With regards to active overseas service his papers record him serving as under:

- North Africa: 8 November 1942 to 10 August 1945
- Middle East: 7 October 1945 to 12 March 1946

Albert Cobban is recorded as having died at, 48 Bayview Court, Aberdeen, on, 9 August 2000

A very uncommon grouping to the Gordon Highlanders that includes a confirmed '1st Army' clasp to the Africa Star, and the more so including as it does a full set of copied service documents

Condition: GVF

Code: 21686