Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Six: Warrant Officer Class II H. T. Kench, 19th Hussars

India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1930-31 (537028 Tpr. H. T. Kench. 15-19-H.); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, Regular Army (537028 Cpl. H. T. Kench. 15-19 H.) light contact marks, good very fine (6) £120-£160

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of David Lloyd.

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Henry Thomas Kench was born in India on 23 February 1904, and enlisted in the 19th Hussars as a Boy Soldier on 19 August 1918. He served in Egypt from 11 January 1924 to 20 October 19128; in India from 21 October 1928 to 6 February 1934; and then during the Second World War, initially with the British Expeditionary Force from 9 September 1929 to 4 July 1940; and then again in North-West Europe from 4 April to 28 July 1945. Awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal per Army Order 76 of 1937, he was discharged Class ‘Z’ Reserve on 10 October 1945, having been advanced to Warrant Officer Class II.