Auction Catalogue

23 June 2005

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 1083

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23 June 2005

Hammer Price:
£300

Six: Private E. Bundy, Pioneer Corps, late Hampshire Regiment, ‘evacuated from Dunkirk’

India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1935 (5495143 Pte., Hamps. R.); India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37 (5495143 Pte., Hamps. R.) ; 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals; Dunkirk Veterans Medal, mounted Court style as worn, very fine and better (6) £160-200

Edgar Bundy was born on 11 June 1903. A farm labourer by occupation, he enlisted into the Hampshire Regiment at winchester on 6 January 1930. With the regiment he served in India from February 1931 to July 1937. He was transferred to the Army Reserve on 2 August 1937. He returned to the regiment on 1 September 1939 and served with the B.E.F. from 19 September 1939 to 3 June 1940, being evacuated from Dunkirk. The remainder of his war service was at home, serving in the Pioneer Corps from February 1942 until his discharge in December 1945. Sold with Birth and Marriage Certificates; Regular Army Certificate of Service booklet and Soldiers’ Service and Pay Book.