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Auction: 23003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 197

Six: Private P. E. O'Neill, Royal Norfolk Regiment, who was wounded in action on 1 December 1951

1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Korea 1950-53 (22560674 Pte. P. E. O'Neill. R. Norfolk.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, mounted as worn, pitting, overall very fine (6)

Peter Edward O'Neill was born in London on 29 June 1923: he was called up aged 18 and posted to the 2nd Battalion Royal Norfolk Regiment, serving in the jungles of Burma. After he was demobilised he lived with his parents in 24 Bridge Wood Road, Streatham, but in early 1951 was called up from the Reserve to serve in the Norfolk Regiment again and arrived in Korea in October 1951. On the night of 1-2 December 1951 he was part of a fighting patrol into the Sam-I-Chon Valley when it was ambushed by the Chinese. The Patrol Commander was wounded in the head and deafened by grenades and Corporal R. Critcher - who had been wounded in the groin - stood up and, with complete disregard for his own safety, fired his Bren Gun from the hip. This gave the patrol time to reorganise and redeploy but O'Neill was wounded in the ensuing fierce fire-fight. He returned home and, later that year, married Dorothy M. Hall in Wandsworth, London. Margaret died in 2003 and Peter in 2009 while living in Christchurch, Dorset; sold together with a copied casualty roll.

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Sold for
£320

Starting price
£110