Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Sergeant W. E. Bagnall, Black Watch, late Gordon Highlanders

Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (14190723 Cpl. W. E. Bagnall. B.W.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued; Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Kenya (14190723 Sgt. W. E. Bagnall. B.W.) last with slight edge bruise, good very fine and better (3) £300-£400

William Edward Bagnall was born in 1928 and enlisted into the Gordon Highlanders at Liverpool on 27 April 1946. With them he served with the B.A.O.R. from February 1947 to August 1952; Hong Kong from October to December 1952; and Korea, from December 1952 to February 1953. He continued to serve in Korea with the Black Watch from February to July 1953, and was mentioned in the July 1953 edition of The Red Hackle:
‘During our last tour of the Hook our Observation Posts, which are not normally centre of undue excitement, had plenty of ducking and dodging to do. Corporals Lindsay and Bagnall on Point 121 were chased out of theirs by two or three enemy guns who popped one right through the window, just after they had been told to take cover.’

Bagnall subsequently served in East Africa, from July 1953 to October 1955. Returning home, he purchased his discharge on 21 January 1956.

Sold with the recipient’s original Regular Army Certificate of Service Red Book; and copied research.