Africa General Service Medal with Kenya clasp. Ashworth. Royal Air Force. Possibly from Rochdale.
£220.00
Availability: 1 in stock
Correctly named 4132660 LAC FA Ashworth RAF
From research, we do find a Frederick Allen Ashworth born in 1933 in Rochdale to Fred and Florence.
He married in 1955 and died in 2003.
The medal was awarded for 90 days service between 21 October 1952 and 17 November 1956 during the Mau Mau Uprising by the Kikuyu people.
The Mau Mau Rebellion (1952–1960), also known as the Mau Mau uprising, Mau Mau revolt, or Kenya Emergency, was a war in the British Kenya Colony (1920–1963) between the Kenya Land and Freedom Army (KLFA), also known as the Mau Mau, and the British authorities. Dominated by Kikuyu, Meru and Embu fighters, the KLFA also comprised units of Kamba and Maasai who fought against the European colonists in Kenya, the British Army, and the local Kenya Regiment (British colonists, local auxiliary militia, and pro-British Kikuyu).
The medal retains its original silk ribbon.
