Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Seven: Warrant Officer Class II M. Carr, Royal Artillery, late East Yorkshire Regiment, who was wounded in action during the Tunisian Campaign in 1943

General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (4342536 Pte. M. Carr. E. York. R.) minor official correction to surname; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (4342536 W.O.Cl.2. M. Carr. R.A.) contact marks to last, very fine and better (7) £140-£180

M. Carr served in the British Mandate of Palestine during the Arab Revolt with the 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment. Transferred to the Royal Artillery upon the conversion of the 8th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment into an air defence role, Carr is later reported as wounded on 3 April 1943 whilst serving in North Africa as Warrant Staff Sergeant in the 377th Battery, 115th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment.