Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria, to include the Brian Ritchie Collection (Part III)

Pair: Private A. Moore, Leicestershire Regiment

India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1937-39 (4857752 Pte., Leic. R.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (4857752 Pte., Leic. R.), the last with officially corrected surname, extremely fine (2) £250-300

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals to the Leicester Regiment and Yeomanry formed by the late Trevor Harris.

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Arthur Moore was killed in action on 30 December 1941, aged 24 years, while serving in the 1st Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment, in operations against the Japanese on the Malayan Peninsula. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Singapore Memorial.