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Auction: 24111 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 652

Five: Private S. A. Kneale, 1st Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment, who was twice wounded in action in North-West Europe

1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals, these four mounted as worn; Imperial Service Medal, E.II.R. (Stephen Albert Kneale), in its Spink & Son case of issue, good very fin (5)

Stephen Albert Kneale appears to have served with the 1st Battalion throughout the Second World War. They served with distinction, during which Captain Marcus Ervine-Andrews earned their only Victoria Cross. Kneale certainly served during the North-West Europe campaign and was wounded in action on 2 August 1944, when the unit were operating around Gavrus, near Caen.

Recovered from his first wound, Kneale re-joined his comrades and was wounded for a second occasion on 7 January 1945, by which point the unit was at Grimbiemont in the Ardennes. After the Second World War, he served as a Storeman with the Ministry of Defence and was awarded the I.S.M. (London Gazette 14 December 1976, refers); sold together with a privately published pamphlet on the actions of the unit in France 1940, cloth badge and silver good luck charm.

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Sold for
£60

Starting price
£40