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Auction: 17003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 557

(x) Three: Private A. Halsey, 1/1st Hertfordshire Yeomanry, afterwards Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

1914-15 Star (I1622 Pte. A. Healey, Herts Yeo.); British War and Victory Medals (25863 3 A.M. A. Healey, R.A.F.), mounted as worn, very fine or better (3)

Arthur Halsey was embarked for Egypt in the 1/1st Hertfordshire Yeomanry in September 1914 and landed at Suvla, Gallipoli on the night of 18 August 1915, where his unit was attached to 2nd Mounted Division: it quickly saw action in attacks on Scimitar Hill and Hill 112, Healey's C.O., Lieutenant-Colonel S. G. Sheppard being among the resultant casualties.

Healey transferred to the Royal Flying Corps in July 1916 and ended the war as a Corporal in the newly established Royal Air Force; sold with copied MIC.



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