Auction Catalogue

15 January 2025

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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Lot

№ 254

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To be sold on: 15 January 2025

Estimate: £60–£80

Place Bid

Five: Sergeant D. C. Johnston, Royal Artillery

1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (6394628 Sjt. D. C. Johnston. R.A.) mounted for wear, very fine (5) £60-£80

Dudley Clarence Johnston, a Machine Minder from Brentford, Middlesex, was born in 1907. He attested into the 7th (Cinque Ports) Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment on 6 October 1935, transferring into the 7th Battalion upon its formation in 1939 and served during the Second World War at the retreat from Dunkirk. Upon his regiment’s conversion into the 109th Light Anti Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery he saw later service in Normandy and on the advance to Holland. He died in Derbyshire in 1992.

Sold with copied research.