The Robert Barltrop Collection of Medals to the Manchester Regiment

Three: Private E. H. W. Hartnell, Manchester Regiment

General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (22294769 E. H. W. Hartnell. Manch); Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (22294769 Pte. E. H. W. Hartnell. Kings); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued, mounted court-style for display, good very fine (3) £140-£180

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

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Ernest Hedley William Hartnell was a regular soldier serving with the 1st Battalion Manchester Regiment. In 1950 the 1st Manchesters along with the 1st King’s were stationed together in West Berlin: in May 1951 the Manchesters were deployed to Malaya and the ‘emergency’ against communist insurgents there, and in June 1952 the 1st Battalion King’s (Liverpool) were deployed to South Korea and the war taking place there. In order to reinforce the King’s battalion, a large number of regulars from the 1st Battalion Manchester Regiment stationed in Malaya were selected to transfer to the King’s Regiment and go to Korea, Hartnell being one of those selected. He died at Leeds on 14 January 2016.