Orders, Decorations and Medals

Four: Private E. Pinkney, West Yorkshire Regiment
General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (4538228 Pte., W.York.R.) official correction to one digit of service number, with its original named card box of issue; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, clasp, North Africa 1942-43; War Medal, nearly extremely fine (4) £100-120

Private Edward Pinkney, 2nd battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment, a native of Balby, Doncaster was killed in action 9 June 1942 in the unsuccessful British attempt to bring help to the Free French who were surrounded at Bir Hacheim, buried at Halfaya-Sollum War Cemetery, Libya.