Post-WW2 Commission Documents for Colin Frederick STRATFORD, two framed and glazed, one 32cm x 38cm dated 20 November 1957 appointing recipient as Warrant Officer in HM Regular Forces and one 35cm x 42cm dated 7 February 1967, given and sealed by HM Queen Elizabeth as Colonel in Chief, appointing recipient as Second Lieutenant. Colin Frederick Stratford was born on 6 January 1928 and enlisted into the General Service Corps on 27 September 1945. Transferred to the Loyal Regiment in May 1945, he served with the BAOR, November 1948-March 1951 and the FARELF, May 1951-November 1952. Transferred to the Manchester Regiment in November 1952, he served with the BAOR, September 1954-June 1957. After a short period with the King's Regiment, he was posted to the Loyal Regiment, serving with them as part of FARELF, October 1958-January 1960; BAOR, January 1960-January 1962, and June 1963-June 1964, and British Guiana, August-December 1965. As a Warrant Officer Class 1 he was discharged to a commission on 30 November 1966. He attained the rank of Captain in April 1972. London Gazette copies. This information taken from the Noonans online archive, recipients medal group comprising General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (14473494 Sjt., Manch.); General Service 1962, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (Capt., QLR); Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R, 2nd issue, Regular Army (Capt., King's Own Border), mounted court style as worn, having been sold in 2008. Sold together with an unopened ten DVD boxed Collector's Edition of The Great War 1914-1918, by Military History, with a collective running time of approximately fourteen hours.(3)