The Collection of Medals Formed by Bill and Angela Strong

General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (545688 Pte. W. G. Pemberton, Green Howards) good very fine £90-120

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Bill and Angela Strong Medal Collection.

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William Gordon Pemberton was born in Chesterfield on 4 May 1910. Employed as a Coal Miner, he attested as a Boy Soldier with the 8th Hussars in May 1927 and then transferred to the Coldstream Guards where he was a Drummer. Released from the 2nd Battalion in November 1932 on compassionate grounds to look after his young wife and baby. In October 1938 he was with the 1st Battalion Green Howards. Served in Palestine, 10 October 1938-7 February 1939. While serving there he was was badly injured in a motor accident in Nablus - suffering serious skull injuries and was blinded in one eye. As a consequence he was discharged in 1940. Pemberton died on 1 January 1975. With copied m.i.c. and service notes.