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14 April 2021

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№ 418

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14 April 2021

Hammer Price:
£600

Three: Captain J. Duncan, Welsh Guards, late South Wales Borderers, who was killed in action with the British Expeditionary Force on 23 May 1940

General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (Lieut. J. J. Duncan. S. Wales.Bord.); 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45; together with a Dunkirk Commemorative Medal 1940, bronze, nearly extremely fine (4) £200-£240

John Duncan was born in Cardiff in 1913, and was educated at Rugby and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. A talented cricketer and golfer, he was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the South Wales Borderers on 3 February 1933, and saw active service in pre-War Palestine. Transferring to the 2nd Battalion, Welsh Guards. At the outbreak of the war he was part of the King’s Guards at the Tower of London. In May 1940 he arrived in Boulogne with orders to defend the city, and was involved in much of the fighting, especially in defence of the docks area. He was killed in action on 23 May 1940, and is buried at Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France.

Sold with copied research including a photographic image of the recipient.

For the recipient’s brother’s medals, see Lot 16.