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25 May 2022

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№ 467

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25 May 2022

Hammer Price:
£190

General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (Sister I. V. Hesketh. Q.A.I.M.N.S.) extremely fine £160-£200

Miss Iris Veerappen Hesketh was commissioned Sister in Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve on 12 November 1945, and served with the 16th General Hospital, Jerusalem, from 18 January to 1 December 1946, and subsequently with ‘C’ Military Hospital, Sarfand. She was granted the rank of Lieutenant in Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps on 7 March 1952.