Orders, Decorations and Medals

Three: Private J. Grant, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment, killed in action, 25 November 1941

1939-45 Star; Africa Star, clasp, 8th Army; War Medal 1939-45, unnamed

Three: Rifleman B. Parkin, Cameronians, died/killed 19 April 1942

1939-45 Star; Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45, unnamed, good very fine and better (6) £120-160

5949036 Private Joseph Grant, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment, was killed in action on 25 November 1941. He was buried in the Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma, Libya. Sold with card forwarding box addressed to ‘Mr H. Grant, Laupitts Green, Wroxton, Nr. Banbury, Oxf.’ and condolence slip named to ‘5949036 Pte. J. Grant’.

3252568 Private Bertie Parkin, 1st Battalion Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), died on 19 April 1942, aged 26 years. His name is commemorated on the Rangoon Memorial. Sold with card forwarding box to ‘Mr S. Parkin, 9 Woodlands Terrace, Dipton, Newcastle on Tyne’ and condolence slip named to ‘Rfmn. Bertie Parkin Sco. Rif.’