The Collection of Medals Formed by Bill and Angela Strong

Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (4452292 Pte. J. A. Halpin, D.L.I.) good very fine £40-60

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

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Joseph Aloysius Halpin was born in South Stanley, Lanchester, Co. Durham on 23 February 1909. A Miner by occupation, he enlisted into the D.L.I. (T.A.) on 15 February 1937. Embodied on 1 September 1939, he served with the B.E.F., January 1940-19 June 1940. Served in the Middle East, May 1941-April 1945, being wounded at Gasparra in 1942 - shrapnel wounds to the left shoulder, resulting in three months as a patient at No. 1 General Hospital, Kantara. Transferred to the Reserve in January 1946 and discharged in May 1948. Halpin re-enlisted in the T.A. in 1948, serving with the R.A.S.C. until 1962. Awarded the Efficiency Medal in 1946 and a clasp in 1962. With copied m.i.c. and service notes.