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Auction: 20003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 152

(x) Pair: Private M. L. Tyrrell, Royal Anglian Regiment, wounded in action in Afghanistan

Iraq 2003-11, no clasp (25163670 Pte M L Tyrrell R Anglian); Operational Service Medal 2000, for Afghanistan, 1 clasp, Afghanistan (25163670 Pte M L Tyrrell R Anglian); N.A.T.O. Medal 1994, 1 clasp, ISAF, nearly extremely fine (3)

An article titled 'Soldier's lucky escape, printed in the Harwick and Manningtree Standard on 14 June 2007 states:

'A soldier is lucky to be alive after the vehicle he was travelling in was blown up. Martyn Tyrrell, of Dovercourt, is a Private in the 1st Battalion, The Royal Anglian Regiment. He served in the Mortar Platoon as a part of 'D' Company. Martyn, 23, a former Harwich School and Manningtree High School pupil, was in a vehicle with a colleague, Ben Wade, travelling from their camp in Kajaki to the main camp in Helmand Province.

"He was the driver, I was the commander and we were on the way there in a big convoy probably of about 40 vehicles."

On the first day of travelling Corporal Darren Bonner, who was from Martyn's Battalion, died after an explosion further up the convoy. The next day they carried on. After ten minutes' travelling they stopped for a fuel truck struggling up a hill. Finally it made it and the convoy started moving.

"We went to go up the hill and then an explosion happened. I can remember it blew up, the vehicle went up in the air and the next minute I can remember being thrown out of my side door. I was in so much pain. I couldn't feel my legs."'

Tyrrell was fortunate to escape the IED with a fractured heal and cuts - having recovered he was given a spot on a week-long sailing expedition for recovering soldiers; sold together with named boxes of issue and newspaper extracts, besides a group photograph with Ross Kemp.

Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.

Sold for
£550

Starting price
£350