Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (89052 Pte. A. Rennie, Manch. R.) good very fine £200-250

Private Arthur Rennie, 2nd Battalion Manchester Regiment was killed in action at Hillah, 24 July 1920, aged 21 years. His name is commemorated on the Basra Memorial. He was the son of John Ralph and Elizabeth Rennie of 40 Rhodes Street, Miles Platting, Manchester.

In this action the Manchesters, commanded by Captain G. S. Henderson, fought off a large party of Arabs at the point of bayonet, suffering severe casualties including Captain Henderson who was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross. With copied research.