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Auction: 20003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 272

A 1942 M.C. group of five awarded to Major R. E. Ovenden, Somerset Light Infantry, attached 9th Battalion, Durham Light Infatry, who was killed in action on 22 March 1943

Military Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated '1942' and additionally engraved 'Major R. E. Ovenden. 6th D.L.I.'; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, very fine (5)

M.C. London Gazette 24 September 1942.

Richard Ellison Ovenden was born in 1907 and lived at Lancaster Gate before the Second War. He served with the 9th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry and was killed in action on 22 March 1943. Ovenden is buried in the Sfax War Cemetery, Tunisia.

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Sold for
£850

Starting price
£450