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4 & 5 March 2020

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Lot

№ 513

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4 March 2020

Hammer Price:
£460

Five: Private A. Burland, Warwickshire Regiment, later Lincolnshire Regiment and Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, who was taken Prisoner of War during the Second World War, and was wounded in Korea on 2 May 1951

1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (5110807. Pte. A. Burland. R. Lincolns); Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (5110807 Fus. A. Burland. R.N.F.) surname officially corrected; U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued, good very fine (5) £300-£400

A. Burland served with the Warwickshire Regiment during the Second World War, and is recorded as being taken Prisoner of War, being held at Stalag 344 at Lamsdorf. He subsequently served with the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers in Korea, and is believed to have been wounded in action, as a ‘Private A. Burland’ (without mentioning his service number) was reported as ‘wounded’ in the Times on 2 May 1951.