General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (5615055. Pte. C. E. Wright. Devon. R.) extremely fine, scarce to unit £180-£220

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of Peter and Dee Helmore.

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Approximately 32 Palestine clasps awarded to the 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, all to other ranks attached to the 2nd Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment.

Charles Edward Wright was born in Peckham, London, in 1907. A butcher by occupation, he attested at London for the Devonshire Regiment on 26 April 1927. Posted to the 2nd Battalion he served at home until transferred to Section ‘B’ Army Reserve in 1934. Mobilised at Exeter on 6 September 1936, he was posted to the 2nd Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment, on 9 September 1936, and embarked for Palestine on 18 September 1936. Returning to the U.K. he was re-transferred to the Army Reserve on 14 December 1936 and was finally discharged on 25 April 1939. He died in Chard, Somerset on 17 January 2005, aged 98.

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