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№ 457

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9 October 2024

Hammer Price:
£120

General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Kurdistan (GS-39345 Pte. H. W. Collins. Midd’x. R.) mounted for wear, light contact marks, nearly extremely fine £80-£120

Henry William Collins attested for the Middlesex Regiment and proceeded with the 1st/9th Battalion to India on 2 December 1914. From there the Battalion went to Mesopotamia on 23 December 1917 (entitled to British War and Victory Medals) and then 2 Companies of the Battalion proceeded to Kurdistan in March 1919 to support and bring the 1st/5th Battalion East Surrey Regiment up to strength in South Kurdistan.