{"product_id":"london-armoured-car-company-sharpshooters-gunnery-cup-medal-1927-peall-lived-singapore","title":"London Armoured Car Company (Sharpshooters) Gunnery Cup Medal 1927 Peall Lived Singapore","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eBritish London Armoured Car Company Sharpshooters Gunnery Cup Medal 1927 - Private George Strickland Hillary Peall\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eLondon Armoured Car Company Sharpshooters Medal - \u003cb\u003eGUNNERY CUP  1927  Pte. G. S. H. Peall  \"B\" Section\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eIn case of issue\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eGeorge Strickland Hillary Peall\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e was born on \u003cb\u003e13 March 1904\u003c\/b\u003e at \u003cb\u003e45 Ivy Road, Willesden, Hendon\u003c\/b\u003e, the son of \u003cb\u003eGeorge Thomas Peall\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eMary Elizabeth Peall\u003c\/b\u003e. He grew up in a steady, educated London household, and by \u003cb\u003e1911\u003c\/b\u003e he was living with his family at \u003cb\u003e10 Warrington Road, Wealdstone, Harrow\u003c\/b\u003e, recorded as a seven-year-old schoolboy. His father later served as an officer in the First World War, and the strong sense of public duty in the household shaped George from an early age.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eAs a young man George trained as an \u003cb\u003eelectrical engineer\u003c\/b\u003e, and, unusually for the period, spent time overseas before military service. His attestation confirms that he had previously served in the \u003cb\u003eStraits Settlements Volunteer Force\u003c\/b\u003e, the colonial auxiliary defence formation based in Malaya and Singapore. This overseas experience is further supported by his recorded next-of-kin: at the time of his enlistment, George named his father as NOK, listing him as residing at the \u003cb\u003eRaffles Institution, Singapore\u003c\/b\u003e—a remarkable and uncommon detail that shows how closely the family’s life was tied to Southeast Asia during the inter-war years.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eOn \u003cb\u003e11 March 1926\u003c\/b\u003e, George attested for the mechanised arm of the British Army under the service number \u003cb\u003e7877252\u003c\/b\u003e, joining the \u003cb\u003eTank Corps\u003c\/b\u003e and being posted to the \u003cb\u003eLondon Armoured Car Company (Sharpshooters)\u003c\/b\u003e of the \u003cb\u003eCounty of London Yeomanry\u003c\/b\u003e. This was one of Britain’s foremost Territorial mechanised units, specialising in armoured cars, turret gunnery, marksmanship and mechanical proficiency. Shooting competitions were central to the ethos of the Sharpshooters, and George’s \u003cb\u003eLondon Armoured Car Company Sharpshooters Gunnery Cup Medal\u003c\/b\u003e reflects a high level of skill, steadiness, accuracy and technical understanding—qualities the unit prized.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eOn \u003cb\u003e9 July 1931\u003c\/b\u003e he married \u003cb\u003eViolet Rosina Hampson\u003c\/b\u003e at \u003cb\u003eChrist Church, Surrey\u003c\/b\u003e, settling with her in the Epsom and Ewell district. By the outbreak of the Second World War, the \u003cb\u003e1939 Register\u003c\/b\u003e records him living at \u003cb\u003eBranscombe, Epsom and Ewell\u003c\/b\u003e, employed as a \u003cb\u003eDespatch Rider\u003c\/b\u003e in \u003cb\u003eCivil Defence (A.F.S.)\u003c\/b\u003e, a role perfectly suited to his mechanical ability and fast, reliable temperament.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eHis life was touched by wartime tragedy: his brother \u003cb\u003e2nd Lt Richard Harcourt Peall\u003c\/b\u003e was killed in the fall of Singapore in \u003cb\u003eFebruary 1942\u003c\/b\u003e. George himself lived long beyond the war, eventually passing away on \u003cb\u003e28 February 1983\u003c\/b\u003e at \u003cb\u003eBury St Edmunds\u003c\/b\u003e, Suffolk, and is buried at \u003cb\u003eSt Mary’s Churchyard, Woolpit\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eFrom early engineering work and colonial volunteer service to excelling as a gunner in one of Britain’s elite armoured Territorial units, George Strickland Hillary Peall’s life reflects an unusual blend of technical skill, overseas experience, and military accomplishment, marked most tangibly by his award of the \u003cb\u003eSharpshooters Gunnery Cup Medal\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003ePLEASE NOTE: All research will be sent to the buyer via email. 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