Nine: Warrant Officer Class 2 H. H. Bell, Royal Norfolk Regiment

India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37 (5771355 Pte., R. Norf. R.);1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals; Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (5771355 W.O. Cl. 2, R. Norfolk); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Cyprus (5771355 W.O. Cl.2, R. Norfolk); Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (5771355 W.O. Cl.2, R. Norfolk) mounted for display, some contact marks, nearly very fine and better (9) £500-600

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

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Henry Harrison ‘Dinger’ Bell was born in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire on 16 December 1914. A Labourer by occupation, he enlisted into the Norfolk Regiment on 14 March 1933. With the 1st Battalion he saw service in India, January 1937-April 1939, firstly on the N.W. Frontier and then, with the onset of war with Japan, in Burma. Appointed Acting Warrant Officer 2nd Class in November 1945 and war substantive W.O. Cl. 2 (Company Sergeant-Major) in August 1946. Continuing his service after the war, he served in East Africa, April 1948-June 1950; Far East including Korea, August 1951-October 1954. Awarded the Army L.S. & G.C. in 1952. Discharged with the rank of W.O.2 in March 1959. With a number of copied service papers and copied photographs.