Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Six: Company Quartermaster Sergeant J. H. Norcup, Royal Signals, who died on 21 May 1942

General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (2306658 Sjt. J. H. Norcup. R. Signals.) minor official correction, and the ‘S’ and ‘J’ in rank over-struck; 1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (2306658 Sjt. J. H. Norcup. R. Signals.) contact marks to first, generally very fine (6) £120-£160

John Henry Norcup was born in Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, in 1901. Recorded in 1921 as Signalman and Lineman in the Royal Corps of Signals, he later served during the Second World War as Company Quartermaster Sergeant. He died on 21 May 1942 in Sri Lanka and is buried at Colombo (Kanatte) General Cemetery.