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№ 545

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25 November 2015

Hammer Price:
£170

Three: Trooper K. Hogwood, Royal Armoured Corps, late 11th Hussars

General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R. (22287296 Tpr, 11. H.) rank re-impressed; Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (22287296 Tpr., R.A.C.); U.N. Korea 1950, unnamed, good very fine (3) £180-220

Hogwood was a member of the 11th Hussars ’Cherry Pickers’, equipped with scout cars fighting in the Malayan jungle. He was then sent as a reinforcement to the 8th Hussars which were equipped with Centurion tanks for the campaign in Korea. He later returned to the 11th Hussars for service in the BAOR. With a copied group photograph which includes Hogwood.