Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: attributed to Trooper J. Connolly, 107th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps, died, North Africa, 27 August 1943

1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45, all unnamed, extremely fine (3) £30-40

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the Royal Lancaster Regiment.

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Trooper James Connolly, 107th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps, died in hospital on 27 August 1943, aged 23 years. Trooper Connolly was buried in the Dely Ibrahim War Cemetery, Algeria. He was the son of William and Sarah Connolly, of Primrose, Jarrow, Co. Durham. The 107th Regiment R.A.C. dated from January 1942 and was the new identity of the 5th (T.A.) Battalion The King’s Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster).

With commemorative scroll named to ‘Trooper J. Connolly 107th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps’ and with copied research.