General Service Medal 1962-. With clasp 'Northern Ireland' (24193794 Pte. D. Gowing Q.O. Hldrs.)

The recipient was Private Gowing who served with the 1st Battalion Queen's Own Highlanders

Northern Ireland Service, 1st Battalion Queen's Own Highlanders: The battalion deployed on several active service tours in Northern Ireland during the long running 'Operation Banner'. In April 1971 the battalion returned to Osnabrück Garrison, Germany from where they were deployed for a total of three separate four–month operational tours at the height of the Troubles in Northern Ireland: November 1971 – March 1972 (East Belfast); July – October 1972: (Dungannon) and December 1973 – April 1974 (West Belfast). The battalion's next deployments in Northern Ireland occurred, April – August 1978 (North Armagh) and July – December 1979 (South Armagh). During the latter tour the battalion's commanding officer, Lieutenant-Colonel David Blair, was killed by one of two roadside bombs that took the lives of a total of 18 x British Army soldiers (various regiments) at Warrenpoint, County Down. In November 1983, the battalion moved to Alexander Barracks, Aldergrove, as the Northern Ireland resident battalion, and then moved back to its regimental home at Fort George, Scotland, in November 1985. In March 1988 the battalion moved to Buller Barracks in Münster, Germany, from where units were again deployed to Northern Ireland for five months from March 1990 (Belfast). A total of 7 x Queen's Own Highlanders were killed in Northern Ireland between 1973 and 1990

The Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons), officially abbreviated 'QO HLDRS' was an infantry regiment of the Scottish Division of the British Army. It was the descendent regiment, of the former Seaforth Highlanders and Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders which two highland regiment had been amalgamated in 1961. The Queen's Own Highlanders, served in the British Army from 1961 to 1994, in which year it was amalgamated with the Gordon Highlanders, the new regiment being re-styled 1st Battalion Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons) - which regiment served 1994-2004). The direct descendent unit of 1/Highlanders, in 2004, became the 4th Battalion (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons) Royal Regiment of Scotland, and continues to thrive in the British Army as of 2024

Sold together with 3 x soft-copy identified photograph images of that include the recipient extracted form the regimental journal of the Queen's Own Highlanders - these will be forwarded to the byer by email attachment

Condition: EF

Code: 24235