Orders, Decorations and Medals

Five: Detective Inspector Clifford Bentley, West Midlands Police, late British Police Unit, Cyprus

1939-45 STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS; GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62,1 clasp, Cyprus (Insp.); POLICE EXEMPLARY SERVICE MEDAL, E.lI.R. (Sergt.) good very fine (5)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of the late Mike Minton.

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Clifford Bentley joined the Staffordshire Constabulary on 21 May 1939. After his war service he was promoted temporary Sergeant in January 1954, and Sergeant the following year. He was a member of the British Police Unit in Cyprus with the rank of Detective Inspector, from February 1956 until December 1957. Whilst stationed in Cyprus, Bentley was wounded by a bullet in his left side, in an ambush at Famagusta. He transferred to the West Midlands Constabulary in April 1966, and retired on 26 May 1969.