Auction Catalogue

25 September 2008

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 1592

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25 September 2008

Hammer Price:
£220

Four: Company Quarter-Master Sergeant W. L. Adams, Rifle Brigade

General Service 1918-62
, 1 clasp, Palestine (3908903 Cpl., Rif. Brig.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45, extremely fine (4) £180-220

William Leonard Adams was killed in action in North Africa on 24 June 1943, while serving in the 1st Battalion, Rifle Brigade. The son of John and Frances Adams of Brixton Hill, London, he was 28 years of age and is buried in the Tripoli War Cemetery.