A Collection of Awards for the 1939-45 War

Five: Private W. E. Hurworth, Sherwood Foresters

1939-45 Star; Africa Star, clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (4975071 Pte. E. W. Hurworth, Foresters), note order of initials, together with the Dunkerque Medal and the recipient’s cap badge, good very fine or better (7)
£140-160

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Awards for the 1939-45 War.

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William Ernest Hurworth, who was born in July 1913, enlisted in the Sherwood Foresters (Territorials) in June 1936, and first witnessed active service with the B.E.F. in 1940. He was released from service in October 1945; sold with two wartime portrait photographs, his original Soldier’s Service and Pay Book, and named Dunkerque Medal certificate (No. 22888).