5th Jun, 2019 11:30 GMT/BST
Militaria & Ethnographica
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D Day Casualty - a General Service Medal 1918-62, awarded to CAPT. R.P.H. BURBURY, D.C.L.I.,...
D Day Casualty - a General Service Medal 1918-62, awarded to CAPT. R.P.H. BURBURY, D.C.L.I., with clasp PALESTINE and MID oak leaf, together with research material including photocopies of War Diary for June 1944, Map, photograph etc
Footnote:- Richard Percival Hawksley Burbury was born in Barnsley, Yorkshire on 1st April 1906. He was commissioned with the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry as 2nd Lieutenant 3rd September 1925. He was commanding the 1/South Lancashire Regiment as Lt.Colonel on the D Day landing of 6th June 1944 when he was killed in action
Footnote:- Richard Percival Hawksley Burbury was born in Barnsley, Yorkshire on 1st April 1906. He was commissioned with the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry as 2nd Lieutenant 3rd September 1925. He was commanding the 1/South Lancashire Regiment as Lt.Colonel on the D Day landing of 6th June 1944 when he was killed in action
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Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 5th Jun, 2019
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