Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Burma 1930-32 (3519885 Pte. H. Brereton. Manch. R.) number partially officially corrected, nearly extremely fine £80-£100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Robert Barltrop Collection of Medals to the Manchester Regiment.

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Henry Brereton was born in December 1905. He attested for service in the Manchester Regiment on 26 June 1924, at Liverpool, his home address being at Cardigan Street, Wavertree, Liverpool. He had previous service in the Royal Artillery with service No. 749950. He served with 2nd Battalion Manchester Regiment in India and Burma, receiving the India General Service Medal. He was discharged ‘unfit for service’ in March 1937 and is recorded in the 1939 Register as ‘Incapacitated’. He died on 4 October 1943.

Sold with copied research.