Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private A. C. Johnston, Manchester Regiment, who was killed in action in the retreat to Dunkirk on 29 May 1940

General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (3525750 Pte. A. C. Johnston. Manch. R.) minor official correction; 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45, 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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Archibald Carson Johnston was a pre-War regular soldier serving in the Manchester Regiment and saw service in Palestine during the Arab Revolt. He was discharged to the Army Reserve in in June 1939, but recalled to the army on the outbreak of War. He served in 2nd Battalion the Manchester Regiment in the B.E.F. and was killed in action on 29 May 1940, in the retreat to Dunkirk. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Dunkirk Memorial.

Sold with copied research.