Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Six: Gunner H. Whitney, Royal Artillery, later Army Physical Training Corps

India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, North West Frontier 1930-31, North West Frontier 1935, unofficial retaining rod between clasps (824557 Gnr. H. Whitney. R.A.); India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37 (824557 Gnr. H. Whitney. R.A.); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, edge bruise to first, otherwise nearly extremely fine (6) £140-£180

Hugh Whitney was born in Sheffield on 6 October 1916 and enlisted into the Royal Artillery in c.1932. He served with the 3rd (Corunna) Light Battery, R.A., in operations on the North West Frontier of India in 1935; and subsequently during the operation in Waziristan against the Daur Tribe incited by the Faqir of Imp in 1936-37. He later served with both the 5th and 6th Medium Regiment, R.A., from November 1938. Returning to the U.K., he transferred to the Army Physical Training Corps on 7 March 1941, and served with them in North West Europe post D-Day. He died in Sheffield in 1999.

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Note: North West Frontier 1930-31 clasp unconfirmed and in all likelihood not entitled.