Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

General Service 1918-62 (2), 1 clasp, Palestine (3854608 Pte. H. C. Smith. Loyal R.) clasp carriage slimmed down to facilitate mounting; another, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (14728795 Cpl D Braund REME) this a slightly later issue; edge nicks and light contact marks, very fine and better (2) £70-£90

H. C. Smith served with the Loyal Regiment in pre-War Palestine, and is shown on the Medal Roll as ‘Discharged 3 June 1940’. He is also listed under Machine Gun Training Centre, Cheshire Regiment, which was formed at the Depot in Chester on mobilisation in September 1939, then affiliated to No. 24 M.G.T.C. on 14 August 1941.