Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Sergeant S. Brierley, Manchester Regiment, later Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps

1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.V.R., Territorial, with three Additional Award Bars (3515534 Pte. S. Brierley. 10 - Manch. R.) mounted court-style for display, light contact marks to the last, otherwise good very fine and better (4) £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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Samuel Brierley was born at Oldham on August 1900 and attested for service in 10th Battalion the Manchester Regiment (T.A.) in February 1921. He was promoted Corporal in 1934 and Sergeant in February 1938. The 10th Battalion Manchester Regiment converted to 41st Battalion, Royal Tank Corps on 31 October 1938, and on 27 December 1939 Brierley was transferred to the Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps, serving in France in the B.E.F. He crossed the Channel on 4 January 1940, returning to the U.K. following the Dunkirk evacuation on 5 June 1940, serving for the remainder of the War in the U.K. He was discharged to Class ‘Z’ Army Reserve on 23 July 1945. He was awarded the Efficiency Medal (Territorial) per Army Order 125 of May 1934, and the first, second, and third clasps as Sergeant, Royal Pioneer Corps, formerly Manchester Regiment per Army Order 26 of February 1947.

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