Special Collections

Sold on 4 July 2001

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The Collection of Medals to Artillery Units formed by Lt-Col. A.M. Macfarlane

Lt-Col. A.M. Macfarlane, RA (Retd)

Lot

№ 269

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4 July 2001

Hammer Price:
£65

Six: Gunner W. H. Penrose, Royal Artillery

General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (828581 Gnr., R.A.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence & War Medals, good very fine (6) £40-50

William Henry Penrose served in a “Ford Trolley” detachment of B Battery R.H.A. in Palestine in 1936. He served in various Field Regiments during the Second War, in North Africa, Italy and Greece. Sold with extracts from service records.