captainofthe7th

Man, I am blown away and totally jealous. Thanks for posting these amazing groups. I hope there is more to come....I've really enjoyed looking at these. I hope something like this is in store in my own collecting future! Rob

Thanks for the comments, everyone. Rogi and Paul -- I recognize both of you. Nice to see some familiar faces on here. TacHel -- thanks for the offer on the rosette. I assume that this uniform dates to the mid-50s, since he does not wear the shoulder patches for Canadian units in Korea and the rosette is not apparent on the CD ribbon. I am honestly a stickler for originality, and while Capt. Muggeridge certainly earned the second CD entitling him to the rosette, I must leave the uniform as is. Should I need a rosette in the future, however... Thanks, Rob

This may be 'small,' but these are some of the most interesting items I've seen in a very long time from Korea. Who earned the Silver Star medal? I think your third tray is most impressive...I think those are some very unique countries to have acquired medals from. Nice job, thanks for sharing. You have a PM inbound... Rob

Capt. Muggeridge began his service in May, 1932 as a member of the 11th Division Signals, No. 290 Regiment in the Non-Permanent Active Militia. In the next six years as an enlisted man, he rose from the rank of Private to Command Sergeant Major. In 1937, he served as part of the Canadian Coronation Contingent, for which he received the King George VI Coronation Medal. In December, 1938, he joined the Permanent Forces, and a year later, the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps. Once again holding the rank of Private, Muggeridge attended the R.C.A.M.C. school and was assigned to the No. 11 Detachment, R.C.A.M.C. In the next few years, he rose through the ranks for a second time and was soon a Quartermaster Sergeant / Sergeant Major. On the first of the year in 1942, he was assigned to the No. 16 General Hospital in Vancouver, British Columbia. In May, he was confirmed in rank of Warrant Officer Class I and in appointment of Regimental Sergeant Major (R.S.M.) The following month, R.S.M. Muggeridge embarked for the United Kingdom with the No. 16 General Hospital, beginning his tenure overseas. For the next year, Muggeridge served with the No. 16 General Hospital. In February 1943, he attended pre-Officer Cadet Training for one month before an assignment to the No. 1 Canadian Armoured Corps Reinforcement Unit. From there, he transferred to the Canadian General Reinforcement Unit and in November, was commissioned a Lieutenant and promptly assigned to the No. 23 Field Ambulance. On June 4, 1944, Lieut. Muggeridge embarked from the U.K. with the No. 23 Field Ambulance to participate in the invasion of Normandy. They landed on Juno beach on June 6 as part of the allied invasion force. For the next two months, he continued to serve with the No. 23 Field Ambulance. He returned to the U.K. and from August 6 - October 6, he served with the No. 23 Canadian General Hospital, and then the No. 22 Canadian General Hospital until March 28, 1945. He then sailed from the U.K. to Northwest Europe with the No. 7 Field Dressing Station, where he served until mid-July, 1945. After the allied victory in May, Lieut. Muggeridge volunteered for service in the Pacific, but soon returned home to Canada desptie a brief assignment to the Canadian Army Pacific Force. By September, he was in Vancouver again with the No. 11 District Medical Detachment. By the end of the November, 1945, he was promoted to the rank of Captain. On February 2, 1948, Capt. Muggeridge married Mrs. Ruth Adelaide Prier, who was a nurse in the R.C.A.M.C. during the War, serving in England, Belgium and Holland. She resigned her commission to marry Gordon. After 12 years of active service, Capt. Muggeridge was awarded the Canadian Forces Decoration on March 19, 1951. On February 2, 1952, Capt. Muggeridge embarked from Canada to the Far East, for service in Korea with the No. 25 Field Ambulance. He served with this unit until the end of April, 1952, when he assigned to the No. 37 Field Ambulance. He was serving with this unit when he was Mentioned in Dispatches for gallant or meritorious service. He left Korea on January 12, 1953, and was soon home again. He continued to serve with the Medical Corps until he was "Honourably Released" on October 14, 1961. Thanks for looking. I may try and post some more of the documents later. Rob

Hello all -- I wanted to make my first post here an interesting one, and I hope this will sufficiently fulfill that goal. I am huge into collecting U.S. Korean War items and have recently decided that I need to expand my collection to cover all nations that participated in the war in Korea. This is my second non-U.S. uniform, but the first that I have been able to research. I discovered this battledress on ebay and had high hopes of identifying this RCAMC captain based on the MID on his Korea medal ribbon. Fortunately, there is a list available online for Canadian awards of the MID in Korea, among other awards and honors. I found that there were only two RCAMC officers that could be potential matches, and only one, Captain Gordon Muggeridge, who received the Canadian Forces Decoration at the time. It was a bit of a gamble, but that's part of the fun, isn't it? I wrote to the Library and Archives of Canada and was stunned to receive a fat envelope full of records and documents. No photograph...yet...but I can't complain at all. Please, enjoy viewing the uniform and enjoy the story of Capt. Muggeridge. You can view his page (and many others) on my website here: RCM Collection Rob