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Sold on 24 June 2009

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The collection of Medals formed by the Late Clive Nowell

Clive John Nowell

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№ 152

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25 June 2009

Hammer Price:
£240

India General Service 1936-39, 2 clasps, North West Frontier 1936-37, North West Frontier 1937-39 (Lieut. W. J. Bennett, North’n Regt.) second clasp loose on ribbon, good very fine £200-250

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The collection of Medals formed by the Late Clive Nowell.

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William Johnstone Bennett was born in 1913 and joined the Northamptonshire Regiment as a 2nd Lieutenant in 1933, becoming Lieutenant in 1936. On 25 November 1936, the regiment attacked a steep feature east of Damdil, Waziristan. The regimental history states: ‘Indoing this they had no casualties but had some narrow shaves; Lieut Bennett only recently promoted, had one of his newly acquired stars shot from his shoulder’. He retired as a Major in 1958 and served subsequently for a while on the Army Emergency Reserve General List. The Army List confirms medal and clasps.