Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Six: Private H. G. Stanley, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment, who was wounded in action in the Western Desert in 1941 and North West Europe in 1944

General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (5948289 Pte. H. G. Stanley. Bedfs. & Herts. R.) rank officially corrected; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, nearly extremely fine (6) £100-£140

H. G. Stanley initially served in Palestine during the Arab Revolt with the 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment. He is later recorded as wounded on 23 November 1941, and again around early August 1944, latterly whilst serving with the 2nd Battalion, Hertfordshire Regiment in Normandy; the casualty list is marked ‘D.N.R.’ (date not recorded), likely a reflection of the intensity of the fighting in the bocage. Due to a severe shortage of infantry replacements, the Battalion was officially disbanded on 21 August 1944.