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Auction: 22101 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 434

(x) A 1945 M.B.E. group of five awarded to Captain M. E. English, Indian Army Corps of Clerks

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E., Member's breast Badge, silver, Badge detached from suspension and traces of glue repair; India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, North West Frontier 1930-31, Mohmand 1933 (1058353 P-A-Sjt. M. E. English. I.C.C.); War and India Service Medals 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., India (S-Sgt. M. E. English. I.A.C.C.), mounted court-style as worn by Spink & Son, very fine (5)

M.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1945.

Michael Edward English enlisted in the Royal Artillery in August 1924 before being transferred to the Indian Army Corps of Clerks. During the Second World War he was commissioned and awarded the M.B.E., rising to become a Captain before retiring home. He died at Preston on 28 July 1976.

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