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Auction: 20001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 987

Six: Private R. Moore, Welch Regiment & Royal Scots Fusiliers, having spent time as a prisoner of war, he was returned to action only to be wounded in North West Europe in September 1944

General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (3957232 Pte. R. Moore. Welch. R.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals, mounted as worn, very fine (6)

R. Moore was posted missing in action in the Middle East on 28 January 1942, being taken a prisoner of war. Having been released, he was returned to England in 1943 and re-enlisted for active service with the 11th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. Landed in Normandy on Gold Beach on D+5, the Battalion first saw action on 16 June, having relieved the 1/4th King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry around Christot. They later saw action during Operations 'Martlet' and 'Totalise' - before Moore was wounded in action on 28 September 1944.

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£240

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£80