General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (3311824 Pte. C. Johns, H.L.I.) good very fine £90-120

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Bill and Angela Strong Medal Collection.

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Christopher Johns was born in Swansea on 2 July 1917. An Errand Boy by occupation he enlisted into the Highland Light Infantry on 17 October 1936. With the regiment he served in India, March-November 1938; Palestine, November 1938-November 1939; Egypt, November 1939-August 1943, and N.W. Europe, June-July 1944. Johns was reported ‘missing’ in the Western Desert of Egypt on 28 June 1942 but was reported to being ‘not now missing’ on 7 August. Whilst serving in Egypt he suffered with malaria. In N.W. Europe on 11 July 1944, he was seriously wounded in the left arm - which eventually resulted in a 10% disability pension. Returning home, his last posting was as a Substantive Corporal attached to the Military Prison and Detention Barracks, Aldershot. Johns was transferred to the Army Reserve in April 1946 and Class ‘Z’ Reserve in October. With copied m.i.c. and service notes.