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Auction: 21003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 106

India General service 1936-39, 2 clasps, North West Frontier 1936-37, North West Frontier 1937-39 (5883218 Pte. J. W. Featherstone. North'n R.), very fine

John William Featherstone was born in December 1915 in Lincolnshire, the son of Thomas William and Rachael Rebecca Featherstone. Enlisting with the Northamptonshire Regiment he served during the disturbances on the North-West Frontier from 1936-39. Present in Northampton in 1941 Featherstone at some stage transferred to the 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. This unit landed on Sword Beach at 0830hrs on 6 June 1944 suffering few casualties, although this changed as they pushed inland into increasingly tough resistance. Featherstone died of wounds on 13 April 1945 as the Battalion advanced into Germany and is buried at Becklingen War Cemetery; sold together with copied newspaper entries, casualty rolls and burial information as well as extracts relating to the 1st Suffolk Regiment.

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£230

Starting price
£80