Seven: Bandsman A. Fry, 11th Hussars

General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (553760 Bdsmn., 1-H) official correction to rank; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals, these unnamed, good very fine (7) £120-160

Allan Fry joined the 11th Hussars in April 1934, serving as a Bandsman. A specialist percussionist, he played the piano, timpani, xylophone and drums. Served in Palestine, July-November 1936. Fry served throughout the war in Sabre Troop. At the end of the war he was one of the Bandsmen still with the regiment at the formation of a new band. He died on 24 September 1990. With copied research and copied photographs featuring the recipient.