The General Service Medal 1918-62 to major...

The General Service Medal 1918-62 to major Arthur Lionel Stephen 'Killer' Callan, Intelligence Corps, George VI, clasp: Palestine 1945-48 (MAJOR. A. L. S. CALLAN. INT CORPS.), extremely fine or nearly so, in box of issue.

Arthur Lionel Stephen Callan served in the Palestine Police from 1936 to 1947. From 1942 to 1947 he was seconded to and then commissioned into the Intelligence Corps. He served with Security Intelligence Middle East (SIME) in Beirut and Cairo from 1941 to 1946, SIME was a department of MI5 headed by Brigadier Mavrogordato and Brigadier Douglas Roberts OBE. Post-war he is believed to have worked for MI6.

Arthur was known as “Killer” in the Palestine Police and whilst with them received numerous commendations. He was awarded the Syrian Order of the Medal of Honour and the Gold Medal of the Lebanese Order of Honour and Merit in 1946.

He is mentioned in MI6 officer Anthony Cavendish autobiography “Inside Intelligence” as working with Cavendish in Cairo in 1947.